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A 

SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT 

OF THE 
FAITH AND PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANS; 

CONSISTING OF 

4jy ^XTEJVSIVE COLLECTION OF PEHTIjYENT TEXTS 

OF SCRIPTURE, GIVEJ\^ AT LARGE, UPOJV THE 

VARIOUS ARTICLES OF REVEALED RELIGIOJV; 

REDUCED INTO DISTINCT SECTIONS, SO AS TO EMBRACE ALL 
THE BRANCHES OF EACH SUBJECT, THE MOTIVES TO THE 
BELIEF OR PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINES TAUGHT, AND THE 
THREATENINGS, PROMISES, REWARDS, PUNISHMENTS, EXAM- 
PLES, &C. ANNEXED. 

ADDRESSED 

TO THE UNDERSTANDING, THE HOPES, AND 
THE FEARS OF CHRISTIANS, 

THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE 

CONCORDANCE 

TO ALL THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND PRACTICE TAUGHT 
IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



By HUGH GASTON, V. D. M. 

Member of the Root Presbytery, County Antrim, Ireland. 



FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 



PHILADELPHIA: 

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY D. HOGAN, NO. 51, SOUTH 
THIRD STREET. 



1807, 






Girt 
Mrs. Het^MH Jennings 
April a6, 1933 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



The editor submits to his fiatrons the following afifirobatory testimonials 
to this valuable work', ivith which he was fiolitely favoured whenp.ro-- 
posals for publishing it were first issued^] 



THE design of Gaston*s Collections^ is to arrange under the gene- 
ral heads or common topics of Theology, the various texts of scrip- 
ture, which, in the opinion of the author, bear upon the several points 
which he specifies ; — or in other words, to form a kind of system of 
divinity from the Bible itself. The compiler appears to have been 
a man of orthodox principles, and his work is the fruit of much in- 
dustry. It will I think be found of considerable use to those who 
wish to support their religious principles by scripture authority. 

ASHBEL GREEN, D. D. 
&eni<sr Pastor of the Kiccond Presbyterian Churchy 
April 22, 18.05. Philadelphia. 



I HAVE examined the work entitled, " Gaston's Collections^ or 
a Scri/iture Account of the Faith afid Practice of Christians^ l!fc.^^ 
and am of opinion that it is well adapted to facilitate the study of the 
sacred vv^ritings. 

P. MILLEDOLER, 
Pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church., 
April 25, 1805. Philadelphia. 



Philadellihia^ May eth, 1805. 

DEAR SIR, 

IT is with pleasure I inform you, that " Gaston's Scrip- 
ture Collections," is a book I have been for some considerable 
length of time acquainted with. Without any hesitation I give you 
an imequivocal approbation of the work, and consider it not only as 
the best adapted book for the student in divinity, but also peculiarly 
ouit;;ble for the private Christian ; because he has in one compre- 
hensive view, all the proofs necessary, on the diRerent subjects 



IV RECOMMENDATIONS. 

stated, without the trouble of laboriously consulting a Concordance, 

which many conveniently cannot do For the promotion of the great 

cause of tlie dear Redeemer, among my fellow Christians and citi- 
zens, 1 uarmly recommend it to all the lovers of Christ and the re- 
vealed will of God — Wishmg you success and encouragement in the 
republication of so valuable a work, 1 am, 

Dear Sir, Your*s 

GEO. POTTS, 
Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Churchy 

Philadelphia, 



DEAR SIR, 

YOUR intention of publising " Gaston's Scripture Col 
lections," meets my hearty approbation. It affords such an elucida 
tion of the various topics of religion, both theoretical and practical 
as will, I make no doubt, be highly interesting to the friends of truth 
The judicious arrangement of the texts of scripture under the com 
mon heads of systematic divinity, brings the proofs of the several arti 

cies under one view, so as to present the most striking evidence 

THUS SAITH THE LORD. The application of the quotations 
is, in general, appropriate, and w^ell calculated to support the doc- 
trines of v/hich they are the foundation. To some, moreover, the 
utility of the work will be enhanced, by the circumstance, that there 
is no comment but that v/hich must necessarily be inferred from the 
local arrangement of the several portions of scripture, under the re- 
spective heads of doctrine. It will of course be less liable to the 
charge Gi sophistry and misconstrucUon of scripture^ than the common 
systems of divinity, which proceed upon explanation and argu- 
ment That the W'ork may contribute to the extension of scriptural 

information, the promotion of vital piety, and real edification of the 
-body of Christ, is the earnest wish of 
Your's, Sec. 

S. B. WYLIE, A. M. 
Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Churchy 
Philadelphia, 



PREFACE. 



THE sacred Scriptures, after the strictest researches of ai) 
enhghtened and enquiring age, are still allowed by the 
wise, judicious, and thinking part of mankind, who are ac-= 
qainteci with them, to be the only books in the world which 
truly and fully shew the way of salvation to all those who take 
any serious thought about it. The Scriptures, upon the solid 
principles of truth contained in them, have the strongest tendency 
to improve and perfect human nature in every branch of personal 
and social duty, or to make mankind wiser and better in every 
station and relation of life. This effect they have produced, 
and will still produce wherever tliey are duly attended to. An 
attempt, if well executed, to promote the knowledge and prac- 
tice of the truths they contain, must therefore be of real service 
to society ; and though the attempt should fail, the undertaker may 
nevertheless enjoy the pleasure of an heart ready and disposed 
to do good, and all the candid part of mankind will make favour- 
able allowances on account of the goodness of the design. 

Y\*ith these viev/s, the author of the folio vving work offers it to 
the public ; who will find upon perusal, as will as by the follow- 
ing account of it, that it is a work entirely new, and differentia 
method, at least, from any thing of the kind hitherto published, 

THE METHOD. In this work the several articles of re- 
vealed religion are ranged under distinct heads or chapters. 
The subject of each chapter is only mentioned at tlie beginning of 
it ; and the scripture account of the subject is afterward given at 
large,ina numerous collection of expressand pertinent texts of scrip- 
ture, with which the chapter is lillt^d up. Care is taken to insert 
every article of revealed religion, and every express and pertinent 
text upon every one, in order to make it full and comxplete. The 
several different words by v/hich any article of religion is expres- 
sed in the Bible are exhiinted under distinct secdons, and those' sec- 
tions are filled up with those places in the Bible vrhere the word 
occurs upon that subject, and produced mostly in the order m 



VI PREFACE. 

which they lie in the Bible ; so that this work, in some measure, 
answers the ends both of a Common-place Book and Concordance 
wpon the articles of religion. Thus, in chaper 1. page 5. section 17. 
the ETERNITY of God is expressed by the different words, eternal^ 
everlastings for ever^ the first and last., which make so many dis- 
tinct sections. In like manner, every doctrine or duty of revealed 
religion is laid down first, and the motives to the belief or practice 
of them are made so many distinct sections in each chapter, and ge- 
nerally come under the heads of threatenings, promises, rewards, 
punishments, examples, &c. In this respect this work differs from 
any book of the kind hitherto published. So much is transcribed of 
the places quoted, as expresses the principal part of the text, and is 
sufik-ient to direct the reader to the places to be consulted at 
large in the Bible upon the subject : more would have Beedlessly 
swelled the size of the book, and not have left sufficient room 
for inserting every express and pertinent text upon every subject. 

OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THE WORK. It might 

casilv be made appear, that the reading of the holy Scriptures, 
after a method which the nature of their composition seems 
to recjuire, must be highly useful and proper, for our acquiring 
from the Scriptures themselves the true knov/ledge of every 
article of religion contained in them. 

Every one who is acquainted with the sacred Scriptures, knows, 
that the complete account which they contain of any one article 
of religion, is never to be met Vv^ith altogether in one place, with- 
out other subjects intermixed with it, but is to be collected from 
many different places of the Bible, where the sacred writers have 
touched upon it. 

In every one of the many different places of the Bible, where 
any one article of religion is touched upon, it is still placed in some 
iiseUil light for instruction, so that none of these places are super- 
fluous. All these places, taken together, do make up the com- 
pk'te scripture account of the subject ; they contain all the light 
v/tiich the Spirit of revelation has afforded upon it in writing as 
needful for instruction ; whoever will view any scripture truth, 
in ail that light afforded, must search the scriptures for the different 
places in which it is contained, or where the subject is mentioned. 
lu these places it will be found, sufHciently explained, enforced by 
ail its proper motives, applied to all its proper uses, and set in e- 
very advantag.-ous light needful for being rightly understood, and 
properly applied, even after extraordinary inspiration hath ceas- 
ed/ 

Our blessed Saviour, who best knew the most profitable method 
of our readnig the Scriptures, directed to searcn them [John v. 
3, 9.J lor the knowledge of his character and offices, taught, not 



PREFACE. va 

all in one, but in difterent places of the Scriptures, which beirtg 
taken all together, fully and plainly described him to the world, 
and left unbelievers inexcuseable. Those have succeeded best ia- 
ascertaining the true sense of many portions of scripture, and in 
answering objections against them, and setting several scripture 
doctrines in a clear light, who have first searched the Scriptures 
for the whole and complete account of the subject, and hereby 
were enabled to show that what was doubtful, by being briefly ex-* 
pressed in one place, was sufficiently enlarged upon and explained 
in others. Besides such explications of scripture truths as are to 
be found in the Scriptures themselves, none else are to be depend- 
ed upon: for the sacred writers, being sufficiently qualified for 
their work, did not leave it to be mended by inferior hands ; they 
left the scriptures a finished performance, containing a system of 
religion from God, which, like all his other works, is good and 
perfect in its kind, being full and complete in all its parts, plain 
and proper in its terms and expressions, and efficacious or suf- 
ficient to answer the ends for which it was written. If it fails, no 
other writings will prove effectual for reforming the world, and 
making mankind wise to salvation. Every hopeful method ought 
to be tried for assisting Christians to reap from the holy scriptures 
all the benefit they are suited to aff^ord. The dividing the books 
of the Bible into chapters and verses, [though not first v/ritten in 
that form] is of great use for finding any particular place the read- 
er is directed to consult. A work, directing the reader what 
places of the Bible to consult for the complete and full account 
which the sacred writers have given of every article of religion, it 
is presumed, might be of great use to many, who have not leisure 
or proper helps to search for such an account, and also to others 
on many occasions, who would hereby be furnished with all the 
express and pertinent scriptures before them, at once, upon any 
subject they had occasion to treat of, without the pains of collect- 
ing them. Such a work might be of service to some who have not 
ability to purchase many books, and to others who have not lei- 
sure to read many upon religion, or any other subject ; as by it 
they would be asisted to find in the Bible those places, that, taken 
together, do contain the best, the fullest and plainest, though 
brief account, that is to be expected of every article both of faith 
and practice. A work that would answer this end, might be the 
meansof occasioning proper places of the Bible to be consulted 
upon every article of religion, and for direction in every circum.- 
stance of life ; and so of turning the attention of readers from 
books wherein error is often conveyed along with truth, to the 
danger or hurt of the readers, and of engaging their attention 
more to the holy Scriptures, which are the most and improving 
writings ior all Christians. And when it shall please God to turn 



viii PREFACE. 

the attention of Christians chiefly to the Bible, and to enable them 
to make aright use of it, it may be expected that the blessed Re- 
deemer's kingdom of knowledge, righteousness, truth and holi- 
ness, peace and love, shall be more enlarged and strengthened in 
the earth. It was thus, at the first spreading of the gospel, and 
also, at our happy reformation, heathens and Papists were turn- 
ed from the worship of creatures to the worship of the one living 
and true God, through one only Mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ ; 
and the security of the Protestant religion, against Popery and 
every other error, does, under God, depend on the knowledge 
and use that Protestants make of their Bibles. In hopes of an- 
swering, in some measure, some of those valuable ends, the fol- 
lowing work is composed upon the foregoing plan or method. 
All possible care is taken to render it satisfactory to the reader, by- 
making it more full and complete than any thing of the kind hither- 
to published, and by inserting the true scripture account of the 
subjects mentioned, without regard to the private distinguishing 
opinions of any party or denomination of Christians ; so that it is 
presumed it may be useful at least tosomeof every denomination, 
and can be offensive or hurtful to none, who are not prejudiced 
against scripture truth. 



CONTENTS. 



[Note. In /he follotv'wg table of contenti the number of the page Is set doivn immediately 
after the Seciiortt that are contained in it. e. g. Ihejirji eight Sections "will be found 
in page I, — Frojn section g to i6 inclusi've, in page 4, i2c. 



CHAP, I. The Perfections of God. 



Sect. 

1 '^r^HAT there is a God, as- 

X sertedj and proved by 
his works. 

2 The perfection of God asserted 

3 The unity of God asserted. 

4 Is God alone. 

5 There is none else. 

6 There is none besides him. 

7 There is none with him. 

8 None before him. Page 3 

9 None like him. 

10 None to be compared mito him 
1 1 No likeness of God. 

12 He is the living God. 

1 3 The true God. 

14 God is a Spirit. 

15 God is invisible. 

16 God is unsearchable. Page A- 
\7 The eternity God. 

18 He is everlasting. 

19 He is for ever. 

20 He is the First and Last. 

21 He is immortal. 

22 He is incorruptible. Page 5 

23 He is blessed. 

24 He is unchangeable. 

25 He is present every where. 

26 God's greatness. Page 6 

27 God is exalted. 

28 God's excellency. 

29 God's majesty. 

30 God's glory. Page 7 

3 1 God is glorious in favours spi- 

ritual and temporal to his 
people. Page 8 

32 God's knowledge is perfect. 
S3 God's knowledge is underived. 
•34 God's knowiedire extendeth to 



35 



all things. 



Things which 
knoweth. 



3 6 Secret 



discovei 



things 



God alone! 
Page 9 
which God will 



56 



57 



God's knowledge of man and 
all his ways. Pagd 10 

God knoweth the hearts of all 
men. 

He knoweth the hearts of the 
righteous. 

He knoweth the hearts of the 
wicked. 

He knoweth his people. 

God knoweth the religious 
principles and practice of his 
people. Page 11 

God knoweth their works. — 
He knoweth their wants, 
their sorrows, their wrongs 
from oppressors. Page 12 

God's knowFedge of the wick- 
ed and their sins. 

God knoweth the proud. 

He knoweth the impenitent. 

He knoweth hypocritical pio- 
fcssors 

He knoweth liars and unchari- 
table persons. Page 13 

God knoweth envious persons. 

God knoweth wicked v/ays. 

God knoweth whoredom, na- 
tural and spiritual. 

He knoweth murderers. 

The sins of the wicked against 
God's knowledge. 

The wisdom of God in general. 

The wisdom of God in crea- 
tion. Page 14 
The wisdom of God in r 
demption by Jesus Christ. 
The wisdom of creatures, no- 
thing in comparison of God's 
wisdom. 

The power of God. 
He is the mighty God. Page 1 5 
He is the Almighty God 
God's strength. 



CONTENTS. 



62 God's arm. 

63 Hcind oi Cod. 

64 linger of God. 

65 God called a Rock. 

66 ISothing hard to God. 

67 All thing possible to God. 

68 God is able to do every thing-. 

69 God's power in his wonderful 

doings. ^i^gc 16 

70 The prosperity and adversityof 

man in God's power. 

71 God's power in the creation of 

the heavens and earth .i^^,^''^^ 1 7 

72 God's power in the govern- 

ment of heaven and earth. 

73 Acts of God's power toward his 

church. Page 1 8 

74 God's poAver toward the righ- 

teous. 

75 God's power in spiritual bles- 

sings toward his people. 

76 God's power against the wick- 

ed. Page 19 

77 Sins of the wicked against the 

attribute or power. — Duties 
resulting from, or founded 
upon the doctrine of God's 
power. Page 2 I 

78 God's power in miracles, re- 



corded 
ment. 



m the 



Old Testa- 
Page 22 



79 

80 
81 

82 

83 



84 
85 

86 

^7 



89 



The righteousness of God. 



they 



■In punishing the wicked 
-In men's reaping as 



In rewards to the righ- 
teous. 

Things of God called righte- 
ous are, his judgments, sta- 
tutes, precepts, testimonies, 
commands, w^ords, ways, &c. 

The justice of God. Page 28 

Injustice and iniquity denied 
concerning God. 

Truth ascribed to God. 

Things of God called truth. 
Page 2 9 

Lying denied concerning God 

The fuichfuhiess of God. 



90 Things of God called fairnful 
are his con\mands, vvord, 
counsels, Christ. — God is to 
be praised for hts fuithfuhiess. 

91 God's faith f u hi e s s in ii i Ih 1 li; j : ;• 

his promises. -^'*<^',-;'<-' <'^' 

92 God's faithfulness in fullil- 

ling his thrcatenings. 

93 God's purity. 

94 God's holiness. 

9 5 Otherwords expressing God'.^ 
holiness. Page 3 1 

96 God is the Holy One, by way 
of eminence. 

9 7 Thin gs pertaining to God cal- 
led holy are, his name, 
throne, heaven, place, hill, 
lyc. is'c. Page 32 

9 8 The goodness of God. 

99 The Lord doth s^ood.Page 33 

100 The mercy of God. Page 3 5 

101 Mercy of God promised. 

Page 36 

102 Persons to whom mercy is 

promised, are those who o- 
bey, repent, fear, love, and 
trust in God. 

103 Mercy prayed for. Pa^e o7 

104 Mercy acknowledged in vari- 

ous instances. Page 38 

105 Thanks for mercy. 

106 Mercy in the pardon of 

sin. Page 39 

107 Pardon and forgiveness pray- 

ed for. Page 40 

108 Compassion ascribed to God. 

— God excited to compas- 
sion toward his people. 

109 Compassion to whom pro- 

mised. 

110 Instances of God's compas- 

sion exeicised. Page 4 1 

— God excited compassion 
in enemies toward his people 

1 1 1 Compassion ascribed to 
Christ. 

1 12 Pity ascribed to God toward 
his people. 

1 1 3 God will not pity the wicked. 

1 1 4 L on g-s u ile rin g o f G od .P^' . 4 2 



CONTENTS. 



XI 



117 
118 
i 19 

120 



i.:2 

,-23 

124 
125 
126 
327 
128 
129 

130 
131 

132 



133 
134 
135 

136 

137 
I3S 
139 

l-i-O 
141 

142 
1H3 
M-4 

145 

115 



147 



Forb^'-iraiice ascribed to God. 

Kindness ascribed to God, 
proniibcd and exercised to- 
wards his people. 

Kiadness prayed for. Page 43 

Thanks for kindness. 



[148 God's anger threatened a- 
gainst the wicked. Page. 54 

149 VVrathofGod threatened a- 
gainst sinners. 

150 God is wroth — Prayers and 
promises against God's 
wrath. 

15 1 God's indignation against sin- 
ij ners. J^age 55 

a Spirit ofjil52 Fury ascribed to God. 
Ij 153 Vengeance, 
i 1 54 God abhorreth. 
The li'raceof God in man's sal-| 155 God lotheth, despiseth. 



God is gracious. 
God's throue is 

grace. 
Clod's Spirit is 

grace. 



Pa^e 44 
a throne of 



vation in election. 

In calling. Page 4: 

In justification. 

In pardon of sin. 

Adoption through grace. 

Sanctification through grace 

The Gospel is of grace giv- 
en. Page 46 

Alms called grace in men. 

Ministerial abilities through 
grace. 

Effects of the Gospel in a 
sanctified nature and prac- 
tice called grace. Page 47 

Faith through grace. 

Hope through grace. 

Prayer and praise through 
grace. 

Salvation is of grace. 

Grace prayed for. Page 48 

God's favour. Page 49 

God's favour denied to the 
wicked. 

God giveth the Hivour of men. 

God with-holdeth the favour 
of men. 

God is bountiful. 

Men ought to be bountiful. 



God's blessing, he blesseth 
his people. Page 50 

Persons pronounced blessed, 16 
who they are. Page 5\ \i 

God's blessing promised by 18 
w.iy of covenant, or cove- 19 
n 'AH I b I c s s i n g s . Page 5 3 ! 1 2 

Anu:er ascribed to God. ! 2 1 



156 God hateth. 

1 57 The Lord is a terrible God. 

158 The dreadful God. 

I 59 God's jealousy for his people. 

against sinners. 

J^age 5 6 
160 Zeal ascribed to God Pag. 57 



CHAP. II. 

Sect, 

1 Creation of all things. 

2 Of the heavens and earth. 

Page 57 

3 Sun moon and stars created. 

4 The sea. J'^age 5S 

5 Summer and winter. 

6 North and south. 

7 Clouds, wind. 

8 Rain. 

9 Creatures in the sea. 

10 Creatures on the dry land. 



Grass, herbs and trees. 
Man created, his body. 
His souL 
Man's spiritual state after his 

creation. Page 60 

Man's disobedience and fall 

from his happy state. 
Man's first sin referred to. 
Angels, their number. 
Their names. 
Their nature. 
Their excellency. 
Their empioyment. Page 6 1 



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CONTENTS, 



23 



26 
27 

•23 
29 



30 
31 



33 



35 

36 
37 

38 

39 

40 
41 



Instances of care and services 

of ang-cls for God's people. 

Revelaiions of God's will, and 
directions given by angels. 

Page 62 

Angels inflict God's judgments 
on the wicked. Fage 6 

Angels their attendance on and 
services to Christ on earth. 

Their attendance on Christ at 
his coming to judgment. 

Their employment at the day 
of judgment. P<^ge 64- 

They are worshippers of God 
the Father. 

They worship Christ and are 

subject to him They are 

not to be worshipped. 

Devils, angels that sinned. 

What thier sin is supposed to 
have been. 

Names given to thern in scrip- 
ture. Page 65 

They are enemies to all good 
and promoters of sin and mis 
ery. 

Instances of Satan's enmity to 
Christ and his servants./^ rr. 66 

They believe that there is a 
God ; they knew Christ. 

They know Christ's servants. 

They know the sacred scrip 
tures. 

Satan was overcome by Christ. 
Fage 67 

Satan is overcome by Chris- 
tians through divine power 
communicated. 

Promises to them that over- 
come Satan. 

Duties exhorted to in opposi- 
tion to Satan. Fage 68 



CHAP. 

Sect. 



III. God's Government, 



God is the King, Ruler and 
Go\ernor of the world, hav- 
ing a throne, dominion, gov- 
ernment. Fage 69 

God is the L.aw-giver. 



God is the Judge of the earth. 

Counsels of God. 

Purpose of God. Fage 70 

God doth will. 

Determinations of God. 

Ordination of God, things or- 
dained of God. Fage 71 

Decrees of God, things de- 
creed by him. 

Appointments of God, things 
appointed by him. 

Predestination, things predes- 
tinated of God. 

Election of Jews. Fage 72 

Election of Christians. Fage 74 

Persons chosen or elected of 
God to fill offices in church 
and state. 

Calling, God doth call, his peo- 
ple are called. Fage 75 

Particular persons called to 
offices. 

Justification, God justifieth. 

Men not justified by the works 
of the law. 

Mankind justified freely, and 
by grace through Christ. 

Fage 73 

Sanctification, God sanctified 
the Jews. 

Jews were commanded to sanc- 
tify themselves. 

God doth sanctify Christians. 

God doth sanctify Christian^ 
by his word and Spirit. 

Justification and sanctification, 
otherwise expressed, God 
doth wash — ^Our duty to wash 
ourselves. Fage 79 

God doth cleanse. — Duty to 
cleanse ourselves — Promisei 
to the cleansed. 

God doth purge. — Duty to 
purge ourselves. 

Godpurifieth. — Duty to purify 
ourselves. Fage 80 

God doth refine. 

The Lord is a God unto his 
people, he is with them and 
araong them. 



CONTENTS, 



xui 



30 God forsaketh not his people.; 

Page 8 1 i 

3 1 Prayers that God ^vould not 

forsake his people. 

32 God forsaketh the wicked. 

33 God doth not cast off nor re- 

ject his people. Page 82 

34 Prayers against bein^ cast off| 

35 God casteth oif and rejecteth 

the wicked. 

36 God is a Father to his people. 

Page 83 

o7 Plow mankind become the 

children of God and he their 

Father. Page 84 

38 Blessings from God as a Father 

to his people as his children.! 



terward. — Redemption of 

particular persons from evils. 

Page 93, 94 

God a counsellor to the risHit- 



54 
55 
56 
of 

58 

5 9 



39 



40 



Marks and characters of God's i| 
children in the exercise oflj 
the graces and practice of the j' 61 
\ige 86 



duties of religion. 



41 



42 



43 



44 



Wicked stiled children ot what- 
ever evil principle reigns in 
them. 

Under God their heavenly Fa- 
ther Christians are brethren, 
And sisters, and owe to each 
other the duties of that rela- 
tion. Page 87 

Christ is the elder brother of 
Christians. 

Salvation from God, he is the 
Saviour — God saveth his peo 
pie from evils. Page 88, 89 

Persons to whom salvation is 
promised. — Salvation prayed 
for. Page 90, 91 

45 Salvation is of grace. 

46 Word of God a mean of salva- 

tion. 

Ministry a mean of salvation. 

God is the defence of his peo- 
ple. Page 92 

God is a Redeemer, redemp- 
tion to his people is from him 

God redeemeth his people 
from enemies and other 
evils. — "Threats against those 
redeemed who apostatised af- 



eous. 

God depriveth the wicked of 
counsel. Page 94 

God a teacher, he doth teach 
his people, teaching from 
God prayed for. 

Holy Ghost teacheth. 

God doth instruct. 

God doth direct. Page 9 3 

God doth lead. — Promises that 
God will lead his people. 

Christ doth lead. 

God doth guide his people. 
Page 85 I 60 God doth strengthen. Page 9 6 
Strength promised. — Prayed 
for — Obtained. Page 97J 98 

God doth uphold. Page 9 8 
86|;62 God giveth safety. 

God called a shield, rock, 
fortress, refuge. Page 99 

God is an helper to his people. 
Page 100 
— Flelp from God promis- 
ed. — Prayed for. — Help ac- 
knowledged. Page 10 1 

Help from the creatures with- 
out God is vain. 

God a dcliA-erer, he delivereth 
from sickness. 

God delivereth from 



l;64 



47 
48 



49 



66 



67 



enemies 



iO 



and oppression. Page XOI 

68 Christ a deliverer. — Deliver- 

ance prayed for. Page 103 

69 Deliverance to the poor and 

needy. 

70 Prophets and apostles deliv- 

ered. Page l<^4 

71 All God's faithful servants 

shall be delivered. 

72 Deliverance from moral evil. 

73 God delivereth the wicked in- 

to their enemies hands. — 
Fleathens delivered into the 
hands of the Israelites./*. 105 

74 God is a keeper to his people. 



XIV 



CONTENTS. 



78 



God prcservc'th his people. 

Page 108 

God is the creator of his peo- 
ple. — Threats ag7.iinst those 
who apostatized iifter they 
had been created. 

God is the creator of Christians 
they are new creatures, God's 
workmanship. Rage loy 

Duty of Christians as new 
creatures. 

God is to his people their plan- 
ter, builder, ^^k:. they arci 
lus planting, his vin^-yard 
which he watereth and niak- 



9 His working' mira 
10 



16 
eth fruitful, his house, his! 17 



building, God planted the 
Jewish nation in Canaan. I 

80 The Lord planted, watered j 

and made fruitful the Jewish 
church. Page 1 lOi 

81 Apostacy or unfruitfulness,| 

threats and reproofs against it. j 

82 The fruitful, whether Jews ori 

Gentiles, are God's planting. I 
Page 111 I 

CHAP. IV. GfJe.ms Christ, firo- 
jihecy and miracles. ! 

Sect. I 

i The testimony of prophecy ap- 
pealed to as a foundation of 
faith in Chriat. 

2 The testimony of prophecy 

urged by the apostles. 

Page 112 

3 Prophecies concerning Christ, 

fultilled, in the incarnation 
life, death, resurrection and 
ascension. i 

4 The nation, tribe and family he 

was to descend from. J! 

5 The time of his life and death j| 

jixed by other events fore-;| 
told in prophecy. Page 113|| 

6 The country and town where l| 

Christ should be born. ;| 

7 Prophecies concerning his! 

forerunner John Baptist. |! 

8 His purging the temple. '' 



es. 

Page 1 1 4 
That the Spirit of the Lord 
should be upon him. 
1 1 That he should be a Prophet. 

12 That he should preach or 

teach. 

1 3 That he should not seek the 

applause of men. 

14 That he should be a sufferer. 

— Infirmities he was touched 
^vith. Page 1 1 5 

15 That he should be despised of 

men. 
That he should be hated. 
j.. Reproached. 

1 8 The reproaches that were cast 

upon him. 

1 9 That he should be persecuted. 
I Page 1 1 6 
;20 That Jews and Gentiles should 
I join against him. 

'21 That he should, be solcj for 

money. 
i22 The use they apply the money 

to, foretold. 
2 3 Prophecies concerning his 

betrayer. Page 1 17 

24 How this is expressed by 

Christ. 

25 That Christ should be for- 

saken. 

26 Peter's denying him. 

27 That he should be beaten and 

spitted on. 

28 Christ's account of his treat- 

ment. 

29 What kind of death he should 

die. 

30 Christ's silence. Page 1 1 8 

3 1 They gave sentence against 

him, 

32 They gave him gall. 

oo They mock him on the cross. 

34 They part his garments. — 

His words on the cross. 

35 Christ's prays for his enemies. 
■36 His death. Page 119 
37 A bone of him was not to be 

broken. 



CONTENTS, 



XV 



51 

52 



38 Was to be buried with the rich.' 

39 That he should arise from the 

dead. 

40 Christ's rests the credit of his 

pretensions on the certainty 
of his resurrection from the 
dead. 

4 1 The witnesses of his resur- 

rection. 

42 Other evidences of his resur- 

rection. Page 120,, 

43 He was rrjsed by the powder of' 

God. 

44 Christ's ascension. 

45 That he should sit at God's 

right hand. 

46 The Holy Ghost promised. 

47 The Holy Ghost promised by 

Christ. Page 12'l 

48 More prophecies of Christ con- 

cerning the persecution of 
Christians. 

49 The evidence of miracles ap- 

pealed to as a foundation of 
faith in Christ. Page 122 

50 New Testament miracles, at- 

tending the birth of Christ. 
Miraculous cures. 
Devils cast out. Page 123 
5o Sickness healed, blindness cu- 
red, deafness, lameness, cJ'c. 
54 The dead raised. 

5 5 Christ calms the wind and sea, 

walks on the water, feeds 
thousands, i!fc. Page 124 
— A great draught of fishes. 
— A piece of money taken in 
a fish's mouth. — A fig-tree 
cursed withers. 
5G iVliracles accompanying the 
death of Christ. 

57 Disciples are impowered to 

^York miracles. 

58 Miracles wrought by the a- 

postles* Page 125 

CHAP. V. 

Sect, 

1 Christ's glory before his incar- 
nation. 



2 His glory on earth. 

3 His glory after his resurrect 

tion. Page 126 

4 Christ's exaltation at God's 

right hand. 

5 Christ's exaltaion above man- 

kind. 

6 The church is subject to Christ 

7 Christ is exalted above angels. 



CHAP. VI. Divine Titles given 

to Christ. 
Sect. 

1 Son of God. Page 128 

2 Christ is distinguished from 

the created sons of God. 

3 Christ is the image of God. 

4 God. 

5 Lord. ^ag^ ISO 

6 One with the Father. 

7 The same things spoken of the 

Father, and of Christ. — 
Chrit's titles ranged alphabet- 
call y Page 133 

CHAP. VH. Christ's Works. 
Sect. 

1 He created all things. 

2 He will raise the dead- 

3 He will change the bodies of 

mankind. 

4 He will judge the world. 

Page 1 3 5 

5 He will dispense suitable re- 

wards and punishments. 

6 Rewards from Christ to the 

righteous. Page 136 

7 Punishments to be inflicted on 

the wicked by Christ.Pfi-g-.lST 

CHAP. VIII. I for ship of ered to 

Christ, 
Sect. 

1 Acts of worship offered to 

Christ jointly wdththe Father, 

2 Acts of worship offered to 

Christ alone. Page 139 



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C O N T E N T S. 



CHAP. IX. Perfections of Chrkt. 
beef. 

1 Chrlst^s knowledge. Pf/^e- 140 

2 Christ's wisdom. 

3 Power and dominion. Pf/^r 141 

4 Acts of Christ's power toward 

his people 

5 Acts of his power against his 

enemies. 

6 Christ's righteousness. 

Fage 142 

7 He promoted righteousness. 
Christ's holiness. 

-justice. 

truth. 

goodness. 

eternity. 



JPaze 14G 



Fag-e 144 



CHAP. X. Chrkt' s benefits to men 
or blessings they reeeire through 
him as a Seivioitrj Redee?ner, De- 
liverer^ i!fC. 

1 Cht'ist is the Saviour, salva- 

tion is by him. Page 144 

2 Christ is a Redeemer, redemp- 

tion is through him. Fu, 146| 

3 Christ a ransom. j 

4 a price. j 

5 a deliverer, | 

6 Mediator. 

7 Intercessor. 

8 Advocate. 

9 Reconciliation by Christ. 

Page 147 

10 Peace with God by Christ. 

1 1 Grace from Christ. 

12 Justification by Christ. P«. 148 

1 3 Sanctification through Christ. 

14 Christ is life to his people. 

15 Eternal life is from and by 

Christ. Page 149 

16 Eternal life is the gift of God 

through Christ. 
ir Benefits from Christ against | 

sin. Page 150' 

18 Christ's love to his people. 

Page 1 5 1 
i9 Clirisi's care of his people.— *• 



Page 15. 
the light of 



Christ's presence with liis 
peoi))e. 

20 Christ's excellencies and be- 

nefits, briefly expressed. 

21 Titles given to Christ taken 

from the highest offices on 
earth, denoting his benefits 
and dignity. 

22 Christ a Prophet. Page 152 

23 This office foretold by the pro- 

phets. 

24 Christ's account of his pro- 

phetic office. 

25 Christ is called 

the world. 

26 Christ is called a Priest. 

27 Plis offering a sacrifice. P. 154 

28 Christ was given and deliver- 

ed, the design thereof. 

29 Christ gave himself, and for 

what end. 

30 Christ suffered, the endthereof. 

31 Christ's death the efficacy 

thereof. 

32 Christ's blood, the efficacy 
. thereof. Page 155 

oo Christ a propitiation. 
34 Atonement. Page 156 

o3 Christ called a King having 
dominion. 

36 A Prince. 

37 A Governor. 

38 Christ called David. P^^e 157 

39 The offispring of David. 

40 The son of Ciavid. Pa?;,€ 158 



CHAP. XI. Bafirisni and the 
Lord^s Supper. 
Sect. 

1 Baptism before Christ's death. 
Page 15 8 

2 Baptism after Christ's resur- 
rection. Page 159 

113 The institution of the Lord's 

Supper. 

It is to be received frequently^ 

To be received with suitable 

preparation. Page 160 



CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. XII. Of the Holy Ghost. 
Sect. 

1 The Spirit's influence upon the 

material and animal creation. 

2 Upon the minds of man- 
kind. ^ Page 162 

3 Upon the formation of 

Christ'ii body. 

4 Upon the endowments of! 

Christ's mind. Page 163 \ 

5 — — Upon the actions of 

Christ's life. 

6 His miracles. 

7 Upon his oblation. 

Bis resurrection. 

Upon the apostles, 

witness to Christ. 

Upon the apostles, 



8 
9 

10 



IS a 



fur- 



nishin,^ them with the know- 
ledge of divine truths and ut- 
terance to express them. ! 
Page 164! 

1 1 The scriptures written by the l 

prophets and apostles under, 
the influence of the Holyj 
Ghost. Page 166; 

12 Miraculous gifts of the Spirit! 

upon the apostles and some; 
primitive Christians. 1 

13 The influences of the Spirit j 

upon the minds of Christians ^ 
in general in their sanctifica-i 
tion. Page \6y\ 

14 The Spirit's influences upon; 

governors, magistrates and; 

Tv'arriors. | 

1 o The Spirit proceedeth from 

the Father and the Son, or is 

given and sent by them. 

Page 171 
1 6 Sins against and duties tow^ard 

his Spirit. P^g^ 1^2 

CHAP. Xni. Of the Trinity. 
The same 'hings attribuied to the Father, to 

ihe Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 
Sect. 

1 Eternity. 

2 Omnipresence. 

3 Omniscience. 

4 Wisdom. Parre 173 



5 Omnipotence. 

6 Goodness. 

7 Works of God Creation. 

8 Sending teachers. PageM'-S^ 

9 Teachers receive their kno^v- 

ledge from Father, Son and 
Holy Ghost. 

10 Father, Son and Spirit spake 

by those that were sent. 

1 1 Father Son and Holy Ghost are 

in Christians as in a temple. 

12 Sanctiiication by Father, Sen 

and Spirit. 

13 God's people are ledby Father, 

Son and Holy Spirit. 
: 4 Give life. 

15 Raising the dead. Page ]75 

1 6 The Son and Spirit joined with 

the Father, in acts of worship. 
Page 176 
CHAP. XIV. Duties- toward God. 
Sect. 

1 Knovs'ing God and Christ. 

2 Denying God. 

3 Prayers for them that know 

God, and promises to them. 

4 God wnll be known by his peo- 

ple. — God is made known by 
his works. Page 176 

5 Christ called light as a teacher 

sent to give the knowledge of 
God. 

6 Duties of the enlightened who 

know God. Page [77 

7 The wicked know not God. 

8 Faith in God. Page 178 

9 Faith in Christ. 

10 Faith in Christ, brief summa- 

ries thereof. 

1 1 Confessing Christ, promises 

to it. 

12 Denying Christ, threats. 

Page 179 

13 The certainty and assurance 

of faith, being strong, stedfast, 
and persevering in faith. 

Page 180 

14 Graces and duties accompany- 

ing true faith, or marks and e- 
i vidences of true i'Ath.Page 1 8 1 

c 



XV 

15 

IG 

\7 

IS 
19 

'20 
21 



C O N T E N T S. 



24 
25 

27 



29 

30 
31 

32 

o r> 
O J 

34 



36 
37 

38 
39 
40 
41 

42 

43 



53 



God the author and suprcmie;;44 
cause of fuiih. j|45 

Prayers and thanks to God for;{ 
iaiih. fa.ife 183 |46 

Christ the author of faith — The 147 
Holy Ghost the author of faith j 

Means of faith are God's v/ord. {48 

A Gospel nnnistry. Fag-e 184 | 
— The Gospel called faith, j 49 
and the law of faith. Pc/.^^ 1 85 ;j 

Promise of iiistincation to be-;' 50 
lieving in God. i 5 1 

Justification promised to be- '52 
iieving- in Christ. Page 18(5 

Adoption or being sons of God 
promised to faith. 

God's love promised to believ- 
ing in Christ. 

Christ prayeth for believers. 

Sins of believers pardoned. 

Holy Spirit promised to be- 
lievers. 

Light and direction promised 
to believers. 

Grace and peace promised to '59 
believers. Page 187|| 

Joy and comfort promised to 
believers. 

Christ is precious to believers. 

They have access to God in 
prayer. 

Sanctincation by faith. 

Salvation by fluth in God. 

Salvation by faith in Christ. 

Page 188 

Things extraordinary promis- 
ed to the faith of some primi- 
tive Christians. Page 189 

These promises were fuinlled. 

Miracles wrought for persons 
of eminent faith. 

Instances of approved f.dth. i 

Want of fciith reproved P. 190' 

Exhortations against unbelief. 

Threatenings against unbelief i 68 
toward God. Il59 

Threatenings against unberier;70 
to vv'ard Christ. P^'g^ 19l!j 

Causes of unbelief assigned in;^ 7 1 

in scripture. P^'-^'-' 19'x-^ 



60 



61 



63 



Looking to God. 

Remembering God, and not 
remembering Hod. 

Porgettuig God. 

Threats against those that for- 
get God. J'age 193 

Vv^arning ao-ainst forgctlinc- 
God. 

Meditation upon Cod and his 
v.'ord. I^age 194 

Fearing God. 

The excellency of fearing God. 

A commanded duty. 

God is to be feared on account 
of his perfections. 

On account of his words 

and works. Page 195 

Fear of the Lord promised and 
prayed for. 

— Joined v.'ith obedience to- 
ward God. 

AYith the worship of God. 

■It is a motive to duty, and 



a restraint from sin. Page 196 
Promises to them that fear 
God. Page 197 

Other expressions setting 
forth the fear of God. — Trem- 
bling. Page 198 
Heaven and earth tren:bie at 
-Quake, 



terror, reverence, afraid. 

Threatenings against those 
that fear not God. 

The wicked fear not God v/ith 
that fear which is a restraint 
from sin and motive to du- 
ty. Page 199 

The wicked have a tormenting; 
fear of God. 

God delivers the wicked up to 
their fears of enemies.P.200 

Love to God commanded. 

Promises to them that loveGod 

Pravers for them that love God 

Exhortations to love God. 

Instances of persons loving 
God. Page 201 

Hovv love to God is produced 
Christians. 



CONTENTS. 



XIX 



72 Prayed for as a gift from God.i 

73 It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. 



74 



76 



78 



79 



Love to God is evidenced by 
keeping his commandments, 
and loving' his servants. 

Love to Cin'ist enforced by 
p r o m i s e s . Page 202 

Piavcrs for them that love 
Christ. i 

Love to Christ enforced byj 
th.reateniag's. 

Lin forced by the exam- 
ple of God the Fcither. | 
-Enforced by the exam 



pue of the church of God. , 
80 Enforced by Christ's love to' 

his church. 
8 1 Obedience to Christ the evi- 
dence of love to him. 

82 Hating- God, threats against 

it. rage 203 

83 Halino- Christ. 
Desiring God. 
Thirsting, longing for God 

and the things of God, pro- 
mises to such. 
J oy i n G o d . Page 20 4 

87 Joy in God through Christ. 

88 Persons encourag'ed to rejoice 
in God are the righteous. 

The meek. 

Those that seek God. 
Those that trust in God. 
Those that hope in God, 
Those that have faith or be- 
lieve. 

94 Joy prom.ised. 

95 Things of God rejoiced in are 

Christ. Page 205 

96 The Holy Ghost. 

97 God's worship. \ 

98 The worship of God fixed a! 

cause of rejoicing. j 

9 9 God's presence with his pec^rj 

pie, cause of joy . Page 206 , 

100 God's love and care of hisi 

people, a cause of joy. j 

101 God's mercy, a cause of joy. | 

102 Help and strength from God,j 

a cause of joy. ' 



84 
85 



86 



89 
90 
91 
92 
93 



103 
104 

105 
106 

107 

108 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 
114 
115 

116 
I 17 
1 18 

I 19 
120 
121 

122 
123 

U4 



126 
127 



123 
129 

130 
131 



Salvation from God against 
enemies, cause of joy. 

God's vengeance upon his and 
his people's enemies, cause 
ofjoy. 

God's word, cause ofjoy. 

God's providential govern- 
ment, cause oi]oy, Page 207 

Temporal deliverances of 
God's church, cause ofjoy. 

Spiritual blessings conferred 
on the church, a cause of re- 
joicing, 

God's vs'ork of creation, cause 
ofjoy. 

Vrorldly prosperity from the 

hand of God a cause ofjoy. 

Page 208 

Rejoicing in God in time of 
worldly adversity. 

Comfort and consolation from 
God promised. Page 209 

G d sati s fi e th . Page 2 1 

Delight in God. 

Things of God delighted i;^by 
his people. 

Delight in Christ. 

Glorying in God. 

Sinful glorying of the wick- 
ed. Page 2 1 1 

Boasting in God, 

Sinful boasting of the wicked 

Hope in God and Christ. 

Page 212 

The hope of the wicked. 

The expectation of the righte- 
ous from God. 

The expectation of the wick- 
ed. Page 215 

The righteous wait for God. 
Page 216 

The wicked wait not for God.. 

Submission and resignation; 

to God, the language there- 
of. Page 217, 
Relying upon God. 
Trusting in God and Chijst. 
Page 2 1 8 
Confidence in God. Page 22 i 
Conhdence in God asecuritv 



XX 

132 
133 
134 
135 

136 

137 

138 

139 
140 



141 
142 



CONTENTS. 



ag-ainst the fear of evil from 

man. Page 222 

The confidence of the wicked. 
Assurance of the rig-hteous. 
Seeking God commanded. 
God is to be sought with all 

the heart. Page 223 

Promises to them that seek 

God. 
Pravers for them that seek 

God. 
Examples of God's people 

seeking him. Page 224 
The wicked seek not God. 
Seek not God aright. 



1 hreats against them. 



162 
163 
164 
165 

i 166 

j|l68 
||159 
|!l70 



Page 2 25 
Drav.ingnear to God. 
Coming to God. Page 226 

Through Christ. 

Come to Chiist. 

143 Following God. 

144 -Christ. 

145 Forsaking God,threat3./'.22r 

146 Departing from God. — Not 

departing, instances. 

147 Backsliding* from God. — Pro- 

mise. 

148 The wicked go aside, go as- 

tray, err, wander, turn a- 
way from God. 

149 Confession thereof. 

_ Page 22 3 

150 threats. 

1 5 1 Worship due to God only. — 
Angelsnot tobe worshipped 

152 How God is to be worship- 

ped. Page 229 

153 Worship offered by the wick- 

ed uncicceptable to God. 

154 Fasting appointed of God. 

155 Fasts extraordinary and mi- 

raculous kept. 

156 Fastiug acceptably. 

157 Fasts of the wicked. Pc. 230 
"ioS General occasions of fasts. 

159 Afcer being defeated by en- 

emies. 

160 Judgments threatened. 

1 6 1 Discretionary fasts. Page 231 



172 
173 

174 
175 
176 



Persons whose praver shall 
be heard. 

1 he divine influence in pray- 
er, the Spirit's assistance. 

Prayer to be made in the 
name of Christ. 

I-"'rayer to be made in faith. 

Page 232 

-With sincerity of heart. 

With love to God. 

With the fear of God. 

-With obedience to God- 

With humility, confes- 
sion, and turning from sin. 
Page 233 

With forgivcnesstoward 

men. 

With alms & goodw-orks. 

Must be frequent, fervent 

and importunate. Page 234 

Prayer with tears. 

Private prayer. 

Public prayer, a part public of 
worship. Page 255 

177 Directions concerning the 

words or expressions to be 
used in prayer. Pap;e 236 

178 Of the gestures of body us- 

ed in prayer. 

179 Things to be'prayed for. 
ISO The Lord's prayer, a model. 

181 Spiritual blessings, vrisdom 

and grace to be prayed for. 

182 Such earthly things as are 

agreeable to God's v/ill, and 
submission to it. 

183 Daily bread to be prayed for. 
I ' Page 237 

184 Health and deliverance 

; from sickness. 

18 5 The prayer of the poor heard. 
jl86 Intercessory prayer. 

187 P'or whomw^e ought to pray. 

188 For the church of Gcd. 

189 Instances of such prayers 

Page 238 

190 For enemies. 

191 Instances of such prayers. 

192 Motives to prayer, it is a 

com m an ded dut v . 



CONTENTS. 



XXi 



193 God promlseth that he v/illr^2.19 

heal' prayer. Page 2 39 

194 God hath heard prayer. j 220 

195 Testimony of God's people,; 

that he- hath heard their^ 
prayer. I 

196 Their expectation that God 

will hear their prayer. ] 

197 Their intreatles that their; 

pravers may be heard. 

198 Thei'r grief at not being- 

heard. 

199 The efficacy of prayer, mira- 

cles wrought by \\.PagSL\<d 

200 Armies defeated by prayer, 

and God'3 people delivered. 

201 Prayers against evil from 

enemies. Page 2il 

202 Praver in trouble, instances 

thereof. Page 242 

203 Prayeriess persons, or not 

praying. Page 243 

204 The prayers of hypocrites. 

205 The prayers of the vvicked 

not acceptable to God. P. 244 

206 Praise and thinks due unto 

God, and required by him 
from the righteous. Pr/o-.2 4 5 

207 Praise from the wicked un- 

acceptable to God. 

208 The vvicked, their unthank- 

fuiness. 

209 Praise must be frequent. 

2 10 Praise must be with sincerity. 
2 1 i God prepareth his people 

for his praise, or the divine 
influences therein.Pa^c' 246 



221 



22; 



223 
224 



226 
227 
228 
229 
230 
231 



212 
213 
214 
215 

2 16 

217 

218 



to 



Thanks 
Christ. 
Praise is a 



God through 



234 
235 

236 
237 
238 
239 



For the obedience and faith of 
Christians as owing to God. 

For God's care of his church 
Page 2 51 

For God's great and marvel- 
lous works. 

For God's marvellous acts 
upon the bodies and minds 
of mankind. 

For daily bread. Pag^ 252 

For deliverance from trouble 
and aixliction. 

For deliverance from ene- 
mies. Page 25 3 

Honour due to God, and claim- 
ed by him. 

God is honoured by acts of 
worship, praise and thanks. 

By holiness of life in his 
people. 

By his people in keeping the 
Sabbath. Page 25 5 

By acts of charity and mercy 
to the poor. 

Honouring Christ, motives 
to it. 

The wicked dishonour God, 
and are pimished. 

Glorifying God. 

Christ glorihed God on earth 

Men glorify God by praise 
and thankfulness. Page 25 6 



worship. 
3f sir 
God. 



Of singni 



part of public 
Page 247 
the praises of 
Page 248 
Subjecls of praise God's 
goodness and mercy. P. 249 
Praise for Christ. 
For blessings from God by 
and through Christ. jP^.25o| 
For God's will revealed. 



iy faith. 



By good wor' 



240 



By various duties. 

Doxologies, or glory ascrib- 
ed to God in worship. 

Page 2 57 

God is glorified in the restor- 
ation and prevalence of true 
religion among his people. 
Page'io^ 
241 The wicked glorify not Godi 
and are punished. 

God is glorified in the des- 
truction of the wicked. 

Sanctifying God. Page 259 

Threats against those who 
sanctify not God. Page 260 



242 



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XXI 1 



CHAP. XV. Characters ^ood ajid 

badf with Jiromiscs and threats. 
Sect. 

1 Godliness in heart and life. 

2 Promises to tl;e godly. 

3 Means of godliness given. 

Page 260 

4 Godliness misrepresented. 

5 Ungodly described by their 

practice. 

6 Threats against the ungodly. 

7 Righteousness required. 

Page 261 

8 Promises to the righteous ofj 

peculiar favour from God. | 
Page 2 62; 

9 Promises of blessings to ihei 

righteous, as the conse-| 

quence of righteousness by| 

the appointmeiit of God. | 

Page 2631 

10 The righteous shall be deliver- 

ed from enemies. 

1 1 The death of the righteous 

blessed. 

12 The righteous blessed after; 

death. Page 264i 

13 Unrighteousness forbidden. | 

14 Threats against the unrighte-j 

ous. I 

1 5 Pardon promised to those that; 
forsake unrighteousness. 

16 Zeal a duty. — Want of zeal. | 

Page 265! 

17 Upright. ' I 



CONTENTS. 

27 



20 
21 



18 Promises to the upright.i^.266;| 

19 Uprightness prayed for, andij 

prayer for the upright. 

Integrity. 

Particular instances of integ- 
rity. 

22 Sincerity. 

23 Perfection a commanded dutv. 

Pag, 2 67 

24 Directions for attaining per- 

fection. 

25 Means of perfection, are, 

God and Christ. 
2 6 The holy Scriptures, a mean 
of perfection. 



The ministry, a mean of per- 
fection. 

28 Promises to the perfect. 

29 InstLmces of persons called 

perfect. Pagi^ 263 

30 Hypocrisy forbidden. 

31 Marks of hypocrices. Pa. 269 

32 Threats. 

33 Hypocrites hurtful to men. 

34 The heart of the righteous to- 

ward God, the wliole heart 
or sincerity in duties. 

Page 270 

35 Pure heart. 

36 Perfect heart. 

37 Upright heart. 

38 Single heart. 

39 Clean heart. Page 27 \ 

40 Broken contrite heart. 

41 Duties respecting the heart. 

Page 272 

42 God taketh notice of the heart. 

43 God inuuenceth the hearts of 

the religious. Page 273 

44 God's judgments on the hearts 

of the wicked. Page 27 4> 

4-5 Satan influences the hearts of 

the wicked, instances thereof 

46 An evil heart described. 

47 The hearts of the wicked. 

48 Keeping a good conscience. 

Page 275 

49 A. good conscience hov^ at 

tained. 

50 Natural conscience, instances 

of the force thereof. 
5 1 A weak conscience not to be 
wounded. 

52 Of an evil conscience. 

53 Serving God commanded. 

54 With the heart. 

5 5 With suitable dispositions of 
heart. Page 276 

56 God's servants, promises to 

them. Page 277 

57 God's servants, prayers for 

them. Page 278 

5 8 Not serving God, threats. 

Page 279 
5 9 Obedience to God commanded. 



C O N T E N T S. 



XX1I2 



60 Universal Gbedience requir- 

ed, rage 279 

61 Obedience required with an 

high esteem of God's law. 

62 — VVith resolution of heart. 
•63 Ability lor obedience promis- 
ed. Page 280 

64 Ability for obedience prayed 

for. ' Fage 281 

65 Ability received from God 

acknowledged. 

66 Instances of obedience. 

67 Promises to the obedient. 

Page 282 

68 Threats against the disobe- 

dient. Page 284 

69 Obedience to Christ comman- 

ded. 

70 Promises to them that obey 

Christ. Page 285 

71 Promises to them that over- 

come temptcitions in obey-; 
ing Christ. 

72 Disobedience to Christ, 

threats. 

73 God will render to mankind! 

according to their works, | 
good or bad. Page 286 

74 Good works commanded. 

Page 287 

75 Ability for good works pro- 

mised. 

76 Promises to the performance 

of good works. Page 288 

77 Examples of good works. 

78 Omission of good works, 

threats. 

79 Shunning evil and doing 

good commanded. 

80 Promises to them that do 

good, that do well. 

8 1 Evil doers, their works to be 

avoided. Page 289 

82 Evil doing, the character of 

the v/icked. 

83 Threats against evil-doers. 
Page 290 

the works 



Darkness and 

thereof. 
Threfits against them. 



8 6 The righteous walk not in 
darkness. Page 291 

87 The wicked and their works 
called dead, the righteous 
are alive from the dead. 

8 8 Works of the devil, children 

of the devil. 

89 The righteous have no fellow- 

ship with the children of the 
devil. 

90 Works of the flesh, living af- 

ter the ilesh. Page 292 

91 Lusts of the flesh, forbidden 

to Christians. 

92 Lusting after women. 

Page 293 

93 Lusting after meats and drinks 

94 The evil of lusts. 

95 Corruption prevailing. 

96 Confession of corruption. 

9 7 The righteous not corrupt. 

Page 294 

98 Defilement of sin. 

99 Threats against it. 
100 Uncleanness of sin. 

1 I Confession of uncleanness. 

1 02 Promises against uncleanness. 

Page 295 

103 Directions against it. 

104 Threats against it. 

105 Pollution. 

106 Filthiness. 

107 Directions. 

108 Promises. 

109 Threats. 

110 Viieness. Page 296 

1 1 1 Confession of viieness. 

112 Abominableness. 

113 Promises to the just, and 

prayers for them. Page 297 

114 Threatnings against the un- 

just. 

115 The unjust hurtful in the 

earth. 

1 1 6 The general character of a 

good man's walk and life. 

Page 298 

1 17 Promises to the good. 

1 18 Evil men. 

1 19 Ferverseness. 



Page 299 



XXIV 

120 Threats. n 

121 Threats a;.^ainst tlic forward. || 

rage oOO;' 

122 The righteous not rorward. Ii 
12:3 Sui.bboriincs, the stiir-neck-jj 

ed ill their own ways, and 
ways of their own sight and 
eyes. 
]24 The wicked are revolters. 

Fcik^c 301 



CONTENTS. 



125 Rebellion against God forbid- 

den. Pcjge 302 

126 Enemies, adversaries of the 

Lord. 

127 Deliverance from enmity a- 

gainst God. 

128 God's threatenings against 

the wicked. Page 303 

129 Threats against the v.'icked of 

evils, as the consequences 
of wickedness, under the 
providential government of 
God. Page 30 J 

130 God's threatenings against 

sinners. Page 308 

131 Sinners threatened with var- 

ious evils under the provi- 
dence of God. Page 309 

132 Transgressors, threatenings 

against them. Page c>\Q 

133 Iniquity forbidden. 

134 God's threatening against the 

workers thereof. Page 3 1 I 
1,35 Iniquity, the punishment 
thereof threatened under the 
providential government of 
God, with instances thereol 
executed. Page 3 1 3 

First Commandment. 

135 Idolatry, or the worship of 

strange god's forbidden. 

137 Threatenings against idolaters 

138 Judgments inflicted upon 

idolaters. Page 3 1 4 

139 God's judgments upon parti- 

cular trangressors of this 
commandment. 
\ 40 Covenants and intermarriages 



141 



142 
143 



144 
145 
145 



with the inhabitants of Ca- 
naan forbidden to the Jews. 

Making covenants and inter- 
marriages vvith transgres- 
sors of this commandnu'i'.t 
punished. Page 3 1 6 

Strange gods to be put away. 

Transgressors of this cou.- 
mandment among the pe(;- 
ple of Israel, Sc the enticers , 
thereto, to be put to death. 

Threatenings against strange 
gods. 

Strange gods are vanity. 

Page 3 1 7 

Enquiring concerning future 
events of those who by na- 
ture are no gods forbidden. 
i Page 3 1 8 

Second Commandment. 

147 Images, the use of them for- 
bidden. 

148 God's judgments on the 
breakers of this command- 
ment. Page 3 18 

149 Images no representation of 
God. 

150 Images vrere commanded to 
be broken. 

1 5 I Images were broken. Pa. 320 

152 instances of images used by- 
apostates as outward symbols 
in worship offered to the 
true God. 

153 Worship to 'images refused 
though commanded by 
kings. 

154 Threats against idols and 
idolaters. 

155 Promises, warnings, and e» 
hortations against idolatory. 

Page 321 

156 God's judgments upon idol- 
aters. Page 322 

157 Magicians. 

158 Inchanters. 

159 Sooihsayers. 
1 60 Observers of times. 

16 1 Witches. 



C O N T 

• 62 Wizards, worshipping an- 
gels, Sec. Page 323 

163 Diviners. 

164 Diviners are deceivers, and 

false prophets. 

165 Threats against diviners. 

166 Fsgniliar spirits, threats a- 

gainst those that consult 
them. Page 324 

Third Commandment. 

167 Profaning the name of God. 

168 Swearing falsely. Page 22 A^ 

169 Swearing by the creatures. 
1 70 Swearing by false gods. 

1 7 1 SAvearing in common conver- 

sation. 

172 Swearing to commit sin. 

173 Rash unnecessary swearing. 

174 God only is to be sworn by. 

1 75 An oath, the nature and duty 

thereof. Page 2,25 

176 Oaths to be strictly kept. 

177 Things to be sworn to are 

truth and duty. 

1 78 Articles of peace ratified by 

oath. 

179 Breach of such oaths punish- 

ed. 

1 80 Private compacts ratified by 

oaths. Page 326 

181 Oaths sworn to kings. 

182 The oath of a single person 

decides controversy. 

183 The duty and lawfulness of 

swearing, examples. 

184 God swears to Abraham. 

1 85 To give the land of Canaan. 

186 To fulfil his covenant. — To 

continue the seed of David. 

187 To the continuance of 

Christ's priesthood. 
18S To fulfil his threatenings a- 
gainst the unbelieving and 
disobedient. 

189 Jesus Christ answers upon 

oath. 

190 An angel swears. 

191 Asseverations or sincerity 



E N T S. xxt 

which are equal to an oath 
among Christians. Page 327 

192 Ancient forms of swearing. 

193 Blasphemy forbidden. 

194 Occasions of it to be avoided. 
1 95 From whence it proceeds. 

196 Instances of blasphemers 

punished. Page 328 

197 Blasphemy against the Holy 

Ghost. 

198 Persons unjustly accused of 

blasphemy. 

199 Of vows. 

200 Vows to do duty 

201 Sinful vows. Page 229 

Fourth Commandment. 

202 Of the Sabbath. Page 329 

203 The Sabbath, a day of rest 

from servile work. 

204 Duties of the Sabbath, wor- 

shipping God, reading and 
hearing his word. 

205 Works of charity and mercy 
to be done on the Sabbath. 

Page 330 

206 Promises to them that keep 

the Sabbath. 

207 The care of God's people to 

sanctify the Sabbath them- 
selves, and to prevent the 
profaning of it by others. 

Page 331 

208 Threatenings against Sab- 

bath-breakers. Page 332 

209 Sabbath privilges withdrawn- 

210 The change of the Sabbath 

from the seventh to the first 
day of the week. Page 533 

CHAP. XVI. Duties toward 
Mankind. 
Sect. 

1 Love toward mankind. Pc, 333 

2 How love toward mankind is 

produced. Page 334 

3 Prayers and thanks to God for 

Christian love as being his 
gift. Page 335 

d 



XXVI 



C O N T EN T S. 



16 
17 

IS 
19 
20 
21 



6o 

J34 
! 1 «: 



The influence and efTccts of|3l 
love upon the temper and be- 
haviour of Christians, kc. 

Charity ^vith other graces en- 
joined. Page S35 

Approved examples of charity,! 3 5 
and other graces. 36 

Hatred toward mankind,threat- 37 
enings ai^ainst it. Page SSepS 

Duty of the righteous toward!|39 
those that hate them. luo 

Prayers and complaints to God 
against the hatred ol'the wick- 
ed. 

Promises to those that are un- 
justly hated and threatenings 
"against those that hate them. 
Page 337 

Envy forbidden to the righte- 
ous. 

The wicked, their envy hurtful 
to themselves. 

Envy a mark of an unconvert- 
ed state. Poge S3S 

INlalice forbidden to the right- 



41 
!42 
•43 

;44 

!46 

;47 

48 

49 

50 
51 



Page 34 8 



59 



27 
2S 
29 



eous. 
Malice in the wicked. 
-An ger forbidd e n . Puge 3 5 9 
Instances of the anger of the 

rio;hteous against sin. 

Sinful anger, instances thereof. 

Wrath. I 

Contention. PcJge 340j 

Promises and prayers against! 

contention. I 

The righteous contend only, 

against sin. i 

Peace commanded with prG-i;60 

mises to it. Page 341 ! 

Peace praved for as a desirable i] 61 

gift of God. Page 342||62 

Peace the gift of God, promis-i|63 

esand instances thereof. ||'64 

Peace v/ith God is the blessed 1 

reward of the righteous man.j 65 
Peace promised to the church I 

of God. J^(\ge 3431 

Unity. j65 

J'on.oiniDe one another. <] 

Pc^:e 344 J 



De?;pis:ng others. 

Strife forbidden to the godly. 
Page oi'^ 

Fightnigs, quarrels. 

Divisions forbidden. 

Oiiences forbidden. Page o-16 

Tin-eats against otiendt i s. 

Doing good to others. Pa, 347 

Doing evil. 

Doing wrong. 

Doing mischief the character 
of the wicked. 

Of being harmless. 

Blameless. 

Promises to the merciful. 

Page 349 

Unmerciful, threats. 

Compassion and pity. Pa, 3:0 

Cruelty of the kicked. 

Forgiveness. Page 351 

Pevenge. 

Duty of giving and receiving 
good counsel. Page jb2 

Pvcjecting evil counsel, the 
duty and safety thereof. 

The mutual obligation of giv- 
ing and receiving instructi^m. 
l^age 553 

Of refusing instruction. 

'Jo edify one another. 

'J'o warn one another. 

To admonish one another. 

To rebulie one another, and to 
hearken to rebuke. Page 35 4 

Of net giving and receiving 
rebuke. 

To reprove one another. 

Not hearkening to reproof. 

Page 35 S 

Gentleness. 

To shew kindness commanded 

To give comfort. 

Friendship and faitlifulness 
therein. 2^ age 35 6 

Unfaithfulness in friendship. — 
Bearing with one another's 
v.-tidm esses, &c. Page 35 7 

Forbearing to jud;j,e one ano- 
ther on account of diii'erenccs. 
Pc^e o5-^ 



CONTENTS. 



XXVll 



67 ^^cttir.g good example. 

68 Eiiticin;^ others, and being en- 

ticicd to sin. 

69 Org-ratitude. 

70 In^^ratitude. Page 359 

CU.VP. XVII. Dalies tovjards 
ourst'Ivt'--, 
Sccf. 

1 Tci-nperancc in meat and 

drink. 

2 Of intemperance in nieat and 

drink. Fa^e 360 

3 Driinkenness, the evils there- 
of. Page 361 

4 Of making others drunk. 

5 Sleep. 

6 Labour commanded, and pro- 

mises to the laborious, the 
diligent and industrious. 

Page 3G2 

7 Of the sluggard, the slothful, 

and idle. Page 363 

8 The study and pursuit of wis- 

dom recommended. 

9 The excellency of wisdom a- 

bovc all other endowments. 
Page 364 

10 Wisdom is profitable, plea- 
sant and honourable. 

1 1 Wisdom is the gift of God. 

Page 365 

12 ,\Visdom prayed for. 

13 Wisdom and religion the 
same. Page 36G| 

14 A fool's vain pretences toi 

to v/isdom. 

15 A fool recieveth not instruc- 

tion. Page 367 > 

16 A fool discovereth his follv.l 

17 A fool's conduct towards his 
parents. 

18 A fool miscliievous. 

19 He is wrathful. 

20 Contentious. 

2 1 A fool's words. Page 3GS\ 

22 A fool's p!eas:ure3. . 

2 3 Treatment for fool:^,. 
24 Foily and wickedness the 
same, Psiz's 36^ 



25 PatiencetowardGod.P^. 370 

26 Patience toward men. 

Page 371 

27 Contentment, 

28 Discontent, murmuring. 

29 Grudging. 

30 Meekness. Page 372 
3 I Meekness how produced. 

32 Meekness, examples thereof. 

33 Promises to the meek. 

34 Humility tov/ard God. 

Pa2:e 373 

35 Humility towards m^en. 

36 Promises to the humble. 

Page 374 

37 Promises to humbled sinners. 

38 Examples of humility. 

39 The elect are humble. 

40 Humbled saints, their ex- 

pressions. Page 375 

4 1 Pride against God. 

42 Pride against men. 

43 Spiritual pride, seeming 

righteous. 

44 Proud of wisdom and know- 

ledge-. Page 377 

45 The proud seek honour from 

men. 

46 Threats and prayers against 

the proud. /^rt^(? 378 

47 Arrogancy. 

48 Loftiness. 

49 Haiightiness. 

50 Exalting one's self. Pa. 379 

51 Lifting up one's self. 

52 Magnifying one's self. 
5 3 Glorying, 

54 Boasting, Page 380 

55 Scorning. 

5 6 Threats against kings and 
nations of the foregoing 
characters of piide, &c. 

57 Of marriage. 2'^ age 381 

5 8 Divorce, 

59 Divorce was disapproved. 

60 Divorce is expresly forbidden 

in the New 'i'cstameat. 

61 Marriage with unlielievers. 

6 2 Jews forbidden to marry with 

the lveati~.cn. Pagt 38 



JtXVIIl 



CONTENTS. 



63 Embracing Christianity did 

not dissolve marriage con- 
tracted before. | 

64 Husbands duties. 

65 Duties of M'ives. — ^ Worn en's 

apparel. Page 383 

66 Children, duties toward 

them, to provide for their 

support. 

To defend them. 
To pray for them. 



Page 384 



67 
68 

69 To instruct them. 

70 Particular heads of instruc- 

tion. 

71 Instances of parents careful 

to instruct their children. 

72 Correcting children. 

73 Parents careful to marry 

their children into religious 
families, Page 385 

74 Portions given to children. 

75 Children are among the pro- 

mised blessings of God to 
mankind. 

76 Children promised. Pc^e 38 6 

77 A desire of children. 

78 God's care of mothers. 

Page 387 

79 God's care of children. 

80 Grief of parents at parting 

with children. 

81 Godly parents blessed in the 

happiness of their children. 

82 Wicked parents punished in 

the calamities of their chil- 
dren. 

83 Particular calamities threaten- 

ed against the children of 
the wicked. Page 388 

84 That they shall be slain by 

enemies. 

85 Suffer by famine. 

86 Other evils threatened again St 

the children of the wicked. 

87 Erroneous principles in re- 

ligion have destroyed the 
natural affection of parents 
toward their children. 
68 Calamities upon wicked par- 
ents and children. 



89 Want of children to the wick- 

ed. 

90 Promises to the godly who 

are childless. Pag^ 389 

91 Duties of children toward 

parents. 

92 Instances of dutiftil children 

blessed. 
9 3 Disobedient and undutiful 
children, threats against 
them. Page 390 

94 Instances of undutiful children 

cursed. 

95 Duties of masters toward 

servants. Pageo9\ 

96 Duties of servants. Page 392 

97 Duties of the civil magistrate, 

to administer justice impar- 
tially. Page 393 

98 Qualifications of the civil 

magistrate. 

99 The magistrate's concern 

with religion. Page 394 

100 Good magistrates a blessing 

promised to God's people. 
Page 395 

101 Magistracy is of divine ap- 

pointment. 
''102 Sins of magistrates, pervert- 
ing of judgment, respect of 
persons, partiality. 

103 Perverting of judgment 

through covetousness, tak- 
ing gifts, 

104 Perverting judgment thro' 

drunkenness. , Page 396 

105 The misery of being govern- 

ed by weak or wicked rulers. 

106 Wicked rulers set over the 

people as a punishment for 
sin. 

107 Wicked rulers, enemies to 

religion, 

108 God's providence over kings 

and rulers exalting or abas - 
ingthem. Page 397 

109 Particular instances of God's 

providence exalting or abas- 
ing rulers. P^^ge 3Q8 



CONTENTS. 



ilO©iities toward governors, 
pray in c^ for them. Page S')S 

1 1 1 Hono-ur and respect to be 
shewn to ma:^-istrates in 
words and actions. 

{ 12 Obedience to magistrates. 

1 13 Rebellion against magistrates, 



punishment 



the sm and 
thereof. 

114 Disobedience to magistrates 

a duty, when, they abuse 
their power, by command-j 
ing things contrary to God's 
law, instances thereof. 

1 15 Ministers of Christ their du- 

ties, the commission given 
to the apostles. Page 400 

116 Power committed to the a- 

postles of excommunication. 

1 17 Persons unjustly excommun- 

icated. Page 402 

1 1 8 None may intrude into the 

ministerial office. 

119 Teaching truth the duty of 

ministers. 

1 20 The good effects of preaching 

121 Good ministc;rs promised. 

Page 407 

122 P'aithful ministers, promises 

to them, and prayers for 
them. 

123 • They are holy and un- 

blameable in life and con- 
versation. Page 408 

124 —Their humanity, self- 
denial, and condescension. 

Page 410 

125 They seek not applause from 

men. 

126 They seek not riches, they 

are not covetous. 

127 They speak boldly the truths 

of religion without fear. 

Page 4 1 1 

123 Instances of becoming bold- 
ness in reproving sinners, 
and declaring the truths of 
religion. 

129 The sufferings of the apo^-| 
tics, &c. for religion. P. 4 12' 



130 
131 



132 



loo 

134 
135 
136 
13/ 



XXIX 

Their tem-pera.nx:^e. Page 415 

They pray for the people. 

Page 4 1 4 
■Instances of their prayers 
for the people. 

The support of Christians in 
general, and of the Lord's 
ministers in particular, un- 
der suifermgs for religion. 
Page 4 1 5 

Wicked ministers, their 'sin 
and punishment. Page 4 1 6 

Their covetousness. Pa. 417 

Their intemperance. 

Their slotlifulness. Page 4lS 

They deceive the people with 
flatteries and false doctrine. 



139 
140 
141 
142 



Duties toward the ministry. 

to receive their instructions. 

Page 42 1 

To esteem and love them. 

To pray for them. 

To support them. Page 422 

Sins against them, despising 
them, not hearkening to 
their instructions. Page 423 

143 Not supporting them. 

Page 434 

Sixth Commandment. 

144 Murder forbidden. Page 424 

145 Cases wherein killing of a 

man was not to be punished 
with death. 

146 Threatening against murder- 

ers. 

147 Instances of the punishment 

of murder. 

148 Striking, v/ounding, maiming 

how to be punished. P. 425 

Seventh Commandment. 

149 Of adultery and fornication. 

150 Threatenings, or the evil 

consequences of adultery 
and fornication. Page 4^26 

151 Examples, exhortations. 



XXX 



CONTENTS. 



152 



431 
eii- 



promiscs. Sec. against aJul- 
lery and rornication. 

Eightli Commandment. 

Precepts concerning pro- 
perty, and the use of riches 
in society. 
153 Theft, threat against it. 

Page 430 
15 4 Rolibery forbidden. 

155 Fraud and cheating. 

156 Lands, the lav/ thereof. 

J'age 

157 I'hings found, lent, or 

trusted, the law thereof. 

158 Oppression forbidden, and du- 

ties towards the oppressed. 

159 Restitution to the injured to 

be made. 

160 Oppressors threatened. 

Page 43-2 
1 6 1 Prayers for the oppressed. 
162 Promises to the oppressed. 

Page 433 
t 63 Duties of the rich towrtrd the 

poor, hospitality. 
164 Lending v/ithout usury. j 

155 Giving alms. Page 434 

166 Alms in secret. i 

167 Alms to be given to the poor 

of every denomination. ! 

168 Alms to poor Christians. I 
lo'J Promises to the poor. j 

Page 436: 

170 Of bcii^.g uncharitable to the 

poor. 

171 The stranger, widow and fa- 

therless, duti::S iov> ard them 
arid threLiteniiigs against 
those that oppress them. 

Pag" 437 

!72 Promises to the strar.gers 

the fatherless, and widov/. 

Kin ill Com m andment. 

173 Of^vitnt:5:-bearIng. /^^■.o-^439, 
J 74 Iving forbidden, truth com-- 
iiuuided. 



175 Lying abhorred by God and 

good men. 

176 Satan and his children arc 

liars. 
17/ Threats and prayers against 
liars. Page 440 

178 I he words of tl^e wicked in- 
jurious and cfiensi\e. 

Page 442 

179 Words of the wicked against 

Cod. 

180 E\il speaking. 

181 Tailuitiveness, rashness with 

the tongue. Page 445 

182 Flattery. 

183 Tale-bearing. Po^^ 444 

184 Whispering. 

185 Back -biting. 

186 Slandering. 

187 Reproach, prayers and com- 

plaints against it. Page 445 
Reproach, God Avill bring it 
upon the wicked.. 



188 

189 Reproach, promises against 

190 



191 

192 

193 
194 
195 
196 
197 
198 



It. Pag- 446 

Reviling pi-actised by the 

wicked and endured by the 

godly. 
Railing, instances thereof. 
Evil communications. 

Page 4 AT 
Unprofitable disputes about 

religion. 
Cursing forbidden and avoid- 
ed by the righteous. 
Cursing practised by the 

wicked. 
The righteous, their care of 

iheir words. Page 448 

The righteous praise God 

with their mouths. 
Tlie words of the righteous 



tov^ard men. 



'affe 449 



Tenth Commandment. 

199 Of Covetousness. 

200 Threats agamst covetous per- 
sons, instances theieof pun- 
nished Page 45 1 



201 An ■insatiable desire of riches.' 

202 Threats against unjust mca- 
Eiires of acquiring- riches. 

203 Riches are not a lasting pos- 
session. 

204 Riches cannot be carried 
hence to the other world. 

205 Possessing riches but not us- 
ing them, the vanity thereof 

Page 45 2 

206 Riclies are attended with care 
and trouble. 

20r Riches recommend no man 
to the favour of God. 

203 Tlie advantages v*'hich one 
man hath over another by 
means of his riches. P^^^e 45 3 

209 Trusting in riches and abu- 
singthem, the sin of the wick- 
ed, and avoided by the godly. 

210 Riches take the heart and 
thought'i oil' from (iod and re-; 

454; 



O N T E N T S. 

CHAP. 



XXXf. 



XVIII. 



1 



Repentance the lirst doctrine 
preached at the publishing of 
the gospel. Page 461 

The duty of repentance en- 
forced by threatenings. 

Repentance enforced by prc« 
mises. 



4 Returning to 

thereto. 

5 Remar 



ligion. 
2 1 1 The wicl-Led rich 



Pagc^ 
man, 



hi^ 



portion. Page 455' 

212 ihe use of riches in the hand 
of a wise and good man toward 
himself. 

213 God maketh rich. Page 45 6 

214 Riches promised to the righ- 
teous. 



215 
215 
217 

218 
219 



Instances of good men that'll 4 
were rich. 

Instances of riches not re- 
garded by good men. ij 
Those things that are neces-jiHi 
sary to the sapport of lifcJilT 
promised to the r]g;htcous.-— 
Food promised Page A57 
Famine, deliverance from it 
promised. ^'-•■^'^ 4 59ii20 
Not earthly butspiritual rich jt-l 
e3,or the interests of the sou!!|--2 
the chief objects of a wi;>e 
m.an's desires and pursuits. 
Page 460 
220 Raiment promised. 
22 1 Supports of life miraculously i 



18 



19 



God, premises 
Page 462 



upplicd. 



Paj^c 46iii2 6 



kable instances of pen- 
itent returning sinners ob- 
taining mercy. Page 463 
G Turning to God enjoined by 
commands, enforced by 
threatenings against these 
who turn not from sin. 

Page 464 

7 The cause and means of re- 

pentance and conversion. 

Page 465 

8 Jesus Christ giveth repentance. 

9 God's law, a mean cf Convert- 

ing sinners. 

The ministry a mean of con- 
verting sinners. 

Repentance promised. 

Necessaries to repentance. — 
Self examination. Page 466 

-Consideration. 

Inconsi deration of the wicked. 

The case of those v.ho with- 
stand the means of repen- 
tance. Page Ae>7 

Sorrow for sin. 

rvlourning for sin. Page 468 

Reproofs and threats for not 
mourning for sin. 

Heaviness for sin. 

Grief for sin. 

Net grieving for sin. 

"vVeeping for sin. Page 469 
Fears for sin. 

The heart affected for having 
sin red. 

A broken, contrite heart. 

Page 47 Q 
Shame the portion of sinners. 



XXXll 



29 



!0 



Shame enjoined as a mark of] I 

penitents. 
Avoiding sin, is avoidin< 

shciiiie . 
Reproofs ibr not being- asliam 

ed of sin. 



C O N TENTS. 

Uses to be made of the doc- 



Abhorring and loathmg one's 
self for sin. 
31 & 32 Confession and acknow- 
ledgment of sin, pi om ises to it. 
-So Exhortations to confession. 

34 Instances of confessing peni- 

tents obtaining mercy, 

35 Confessions made in scripture 

expressions. Page ^7 \ 

36 Amendment. Page 472 

37 Fruitfulness m religion. 

Pag^e 473 
CHAP. XIX. 

1 Of death and the shortness of 

human life. 

2 The term and boundary of hu- 

man life. l^'age 474 

3 The term of life is in God's 

hand. 

4 Death preA'ailing over all man- 

kind of every character, rank, 
and station. Page 475 

5 Preparative duties for death. 

6 No preparative duties are to he 

performed after death, 

7 The death of the righteous 

happy. JPGge 476 

8 The death of the wicked. 

Page 477 

9 The dead leave all their pos- 

sessions behind them. 
10 Of the resurrection of the dead. 
Page 478 
CHAP. XX. 
Sect. 

1 Of a future judgment, and 

its consequences. 

2 God is judge. Page 480 

3 The persons and things that 

shall be judged. 

4 Of the time when the day of 

judgment shall be. Page 481 



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trin« of a fiUure judgment, 
and its consequences for en- 
couraging stedfastntss and 
perseverance. Page 482 

1 he dissolution of the hea\ens 
and the earth. Page 483 

The happiness of the righte- 
ous in heaven is inconceivt- 
ably great. 

Christians arc heirs, they 
have an inheritance, a king- 
dom, &c. Page 4 84 

The righteous have rest. 

The righteous enjoy mansions, 
a new heaven, an heavenly 
temple, light, kc. 

They are present with Christ. 
Page 48 5 

Christians are in a state of 

f hey are free from pain and 
sorrow. 

Eternal life is frcm God. 

Life is promised. Page 486 

To righteousness. 

To the spiritually-minded. 

To seeking God. 

To godliness. 

To fearing God. 

To loving God. 

To mortification, dying unlo 
sin. f*"ge 487 

To suffering for Christ's sake. 

To perseverance. 

To those that overcomaC. 

To repentance. 

To the wise- — Future punish- 
ments. — Sinners that shall 
not enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. J^oge 488 

The greatest punishments and 

sufferings in this life, set 

forth in the language expies- 

sive of future punishments. 

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The punishment of the wick- 
ed in a future state. PGP,e 49*'> 



SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT, drr< 



CHAP. L 



CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GQU, 

I. t g 1HAT there is a Gody asserted^ and proved by his works* Exodc 
iii. 14. The Lord said to Moses, I am that I am. 
Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judgments he exe- 
cute th. 

xix. I. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the earth sheweth 
his handy-work. 

, Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. Job xii. 7, 8, 9. 

Iviii. 1 1. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 

c 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 

2 Cor. i. 21. He that anointed us is God. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. Rom. i. 20. 

II. God is jierfect. Matt. v. 48. Your Father in heaven is perfect. 
1 John i. 5. God is light and in him is no darkness at all. 

III. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is 
one Lord. 

1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, but one. Mark xii. 29. 
Ver. 6. To us there is but one God. Gal. iii. 20. God is one. 
Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of all. Matt, xxiii. 9. John viii. 4 1 ♦ 

1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God and one Mediator. 

Jam« ii. 1 9. Thou believest there is one God, thou doest well. 

IV. He is God and Lord^ alone, 2 Kings xix. 15. Thou art God 
alone. Ps. Ixxxvi. 10. Isa. xxxvii. 16, 20. 

Nell. ix. 6. Thou art Lord alone. Ps. xxxiii. 18. Whose name 
alone is Jehovah. 

V. J^one else. Deut. iv. 55. The Lord he is God, there is none 
else* Isa. xlv. 5, 6, 14, 18, 22 xlvi. 9. 

VI. JVojie besides him. 2 Sam. vii. 22. Neither is there any God 
besides thee. 

xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord? 2 Kings v. 15. 
Isa. xliv. 6, 8. Beside me there is no God, I know not any. Ch. 
xlv. 5, 14, 21. 

Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shait know no God but me. Exod. xx. 3. 

VII. jYone ivith him, Deut. xxxii. 39. I am God, there is no God 
with me. 

VIII. JVone hefure him, Isa xliii. 10. Before me there was no God 
formed. 

A 



Attvihutes of Goch Chap. I. 

IX. JK''j)ic. like him. Exod. viii. 10. There is none like unto the Lord 
our God. 

XV. 11. Vv'ho is like unto thee, O Lord, amon9;st the g'ods, who is 
like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doin5^' wonders* 
Ps. -.XXV. 10, Mic. vii. 18. 

1 Kings viii. 23. O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, 
in heaven above, or on earth beneath, v/ho keepest covenant and mer- 
cy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart. Exod. 
ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii. 26. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 10. Ps. Ixxxvi, 

8. Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 7, 10. 

X. J'J'one to be comfiared unto him. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who in heaven 
can be compared unto the Lord ? 

XI. -Vo likeness of God among the creatures. Isa. xl. 18. What 
likeness will ye compare to him. Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. iv. 12. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the God-head is like 
to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 

XII. The li~oing God. Dan. iv. 34. He liveth for ever and ever, 
his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from gen- 
eration to generation. 

vi. 26. He is the living God, and stedfast for ever. Acts xiv. 15. 

1 Thess. i. 9. Heb. ix. 14 x. 31. 

XIII. He is the true God. Jer. x. 10. The Lord is the true God, he 
is the living God, and an everlasting King. 

Ver, 1 1. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, 
shall perish from the eplh, and from under the heavens. See John 
xvii. 3. 1 Thess. i. 9. 1 John v. 20. 

XIV. God is a Spirit, John iv. 24. God is a Spirit, and they that wor- 
ship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 2 Cor. iii. 17. 

XV. God is invisible. Exod. xxxiii. 20. There shall no man see my 
face and live. 

John i. la. No man hath seen God at anytime. 1 Johniv. 12. 
V. 37. Ye have neither heard his voice nor seen his shape. 
Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, are his eternal power 
and God-head. 

Col. i. 15. Christ is tlie image of the invisible God. 
Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing him who is invisible. 

1 Tim. vi. 16. God whom no man hath seen or can see. Ch. i, 
17. Jobix. 11. 

Other expressions to the same purpose. Isa. xlv. 15. Verily thou art 
a God that hideth thyself. 

2 Sam. xxii. 12. He made darkness pavillions round about him, dark 
waters and thick clouds of the skies. Ps. xviii. 11. i Kings viii. 12, 

2 Chron. vi. 1. 

Ps. xcvii 2. Clouds and darkness are round about him. 
Ixxvii. 19. Thy v/ay is in the sea, and thy foot-steps not known. 
Nah. i. 3- The Lord hath his way in the whirl-wind, and in the 
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 

XVI. God isnnsearcliable. Job. xi. 7. Canst thou by searching find 
out God ? Canst thou find out the Ahnighty unto perfection. Ver. 8. 

9. Ps. cxiv. 3. His greatness is unsearchable. 

Job xxxvii. 23. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out. 



Chap. L Attributes of God. 5 

Job V. 9. He doth great things, and unsearchable, and marvellous 
things without number. Ch. ix. 10. 

Eccl. iii. 11. No man can find out the v^'ork that God maketh from 
The beginning to the end. 

Rom. xi 33. How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways 
past finding out. 

Ps. xxxvi. 6. Thv judgments are a great deep. 

Job xxvi. 14. How little a portion is heard of him, the thunder 
of his power who can under3t?ind ? 

XVn. God is eternal. Isa. Ivii. 15. The high and lofty one that in- 
habiteth eternity. 

1 Tim. i. 17. To the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only 
wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. 

See Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. Rom,, i. 20. Eternal God- 
head. 2 Cor. iv. 8. Things not seen are eternal. 

XVHI. Everlasting. Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God, the Lord, 
the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary, 
there is no searching of his understandmg. Ch. Ixiii. 16. Thy name 
is from everlasting. 

Ps. xc. 2. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

xciii. 2. Thy throne is of old, and thou art from everlasting. Hab. 
i. 12. 

Ps. cxliii. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy do- 
minion endure th through all generations. 

Jer. X. 10. He is an everlasting King. Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is 
an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to gen- 
eration. Ch. vii. 27. Lam. v. 19. 2 Pet. i. 1 1. 

XIX. For ever. Ps. ix. 7. The Lord shall endure for ever. 

xc. 4. A thousand years are in thy sight but as yesterday, when it 
is past, and as a watch in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 8. 

cii. 12. Thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever, and thy remem- 
brance unto all generations. 

Ver. 24. Thy years are throughout all generations. 

Ver. 27. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ver. 
25, 26. Job X. 5. — xxxvi. 26. 

cxxxv. 3. Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever, and thy memorial 
throughout all generations. 

Lam. V. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever, thy throne is from 
generation to generation. 

Ps. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure forever. 

XX. First and last. Isa. xliv. 6. Thus saith the Lord, the King of 
Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, I am the first and I am 
the last, and besides me there is no God. Ch. xli. 4. — xlviii. 12. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, 
saith the Lord, which is and which was, and which is to come, the 
Almighty. Ver. 4, 17. 

XXI. Immortal. 1 Tim. i. 17. The King eternal, immortal, invi- 
sible, the only wise God. 

vi. 16. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in light, which no man 
can approach unto, whom no man hath seen or can see, to whom bp 
honour and pov^er everlasting. Amen. 

XXIL Incorrujitihle. Rom. i. 23. The incorruptible God. 



b GocPs Greatness. Chap. I, 

XXIII. Blessed. Ps. cxix. 12. Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach mc 
thy statutes. 

Rom. i. 25. The Creator is blessed for evermore. 1 Tim. i. 11. 
The blessed God. 

1 Tim. vi. 15. The blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, 
and Lord of lords. 

XXIV. Unchangeable. Mai. iii. 6, I am the Lord, I change not. 
James i. 17. With whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turn- 
ing. 

Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie, neither the 
son of man that he should repent. 

XXV. Present every where. 1 Kings Adii. 27. Behold the heaven 
and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee. 

Ps. cxxxix. 3. Thou compassest my path, and my lying down. 

Ver. 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I 
flee from thy presence ? 

Ver. 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ; if I make my 
bed in hell, behold thou art there. 

Ver. 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the ut- 
termost parts of the sea, 

Ver. 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand 
shall hold me. 

Jer. xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God 
afar off. 

Ver. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord. 

Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. 

god's greatness. 

XXVI. God^s Greatness. Deut. x. 17. The Lord your God, is God 
of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty and a terrible, which 
regardeth not persons nor taketh reward. 

xxxii. 3. Ascribe ye greatness to our God. 

2 Sam. vii. 22. Thou art great, O Lord, and there is none like thee. 
1 Kings viii. 42. They shall hear of thy great name, and of thy 

strong hand. 2 Chron. vi. 12. 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, 
he also is to be feared above all gods. 2 Chron. ii. 5. Exod. xviii. 1 1. 

xvii. 21. Thou didst make thyself a name of greatness and terri- 
bleness. Deut. v. 24. 

xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and 
the glory. 

Neh. ix. 32. The great, the mighty and the terrible God, that 
keepeth covenant and mercy, Ch. iv. 14. 

Job xxxiii. 12. God is greater than man. John x. 29. Greater than 
all. 1 John iii. 20. Greater than our heart. Ch. iv. 4. Greater than he 
that is in the world. 

xxxvi. 26. God is great, and we know him not. 

Ps. Ixxvii. 13. Who is so great a God as our God. Tit. ii. 13. Rev. 
xix. 17. 

Ixxxvi. 10. Thou art great, and doest wondrous things. 

xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods,. 
Ps. cxxxv. 5. 

xcix. 2. The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all people 



Chap. i. God'^s Excellency — Majesty — Glory, 7 

Ps. civ. 1. O Lord my God, thou art very great, thou artcloathed 
with honovir and majesty. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, his great- 
ness is unsearchable. Ps. xlviii. 1.— xcvi. 4. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 

Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his 
name. Isa. xii. 6. 

Heb. vi. 13. God could sv/earby no greater, he sv/areby himself. 

See God* s perfections ofknoivledge, nvhdom. potver^ goodness^ mercy ^ 
^c. all called great. 

GOD EXALTED. 

XXVn. God is exalted. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thou art exalted as 
head, above all. Ps. xxi. 13. — • xlvii. 9. — cxviii. 6. 

Neh. ix. 5. His glorious name is exalted above all blessing and 
praise. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted 
in the earth. 

Ivii. 5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, let thy glory be 
above all the earth. Ver. 1 1. Ps. cviii. 5. 

xcvii. 9. Thou art high above all the earth, thou art exalted fat 
above all gods. 

Isa. xii. 4. Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings 
among the people, make known that his name is exalted. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for he dweileth on high, he hath 
filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 

See Isa. ii. 11, 17. — v. 16. — xxx. 18. — xxxiii. 10. — xlix. 1 1. 

god's excellency and majesty. 

XXVIII. God's Excellency. Job xiii. 11. Shall not his excellency 
make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you ? 

xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent in pov/er, and judgment. 

Ps. viii. 1. How excellent in all the earih is thy name. Ver. 8. 
Ps. cxlviii. 13. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Isa. xii. 5. 

Isa. xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is wonderful in counsel and ex- 
cellent in working. See Exod. xv. 7. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Job. xxxvii. 

4. Ps. Ixviii. 34. 

XXIX. God's Majesty. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the 
greatness and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the. ma- 
jesty, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is 
the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible majesty. Ps. xcvi. 6. 

Ps. xxix. 4. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

xciii. 1. He is cloathed with majesty. Ps. civ. 1. 

Isa. xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the majesty of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 

5, 12. 

Jude, ver. 25. To the only wise God, be glory and majesty. See 
Isa. ii. 10. 

god's glory. 

XXX. God is glorious. Exod. xv. 1 1 . Who is like unto thee, glorious 
in holiness, fearful in praises. 



8 GocPs Glory Chap. I. 

1 ChroTi. xxix. 1 1. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the pow- 
er, and the glory. Matt. vi. 13. 

Ps. viii. 1 . Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens. Ps. xix. 1 . — 
xcvii. 6. — cxiii. 4. — cxlviii. 13. 

Ivii. 5. Let thy glory be above all the earth. Ver. 1 1. Ps. Ixxii. 19. 

civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever. 

cxxxviii. 5. Great is the glory of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5, 1 1, 12. 

Isa. vi. 3. The whole earth is full of his glory. 

He is the God of glory. Ps. xxix. 3. Acts. vii. 2. 

In his name. Deut. xxviii. 58. 1 Chron. xxix. 13. Neh.ix. 5. 

In his work. Ps. cxi. 3. His work is honorable and glorious. 

In deliverances of his people . Isa. Ixiii. 12, 14. He led his people 
with his glorious arm. 

In the overthrow of his enemies. Exod. xv. 1. He hath triumphed 
gloriously. Ps. Ixxvi. 4. 

Ver. 6. Thy right hand is become glorious in power. 

Ps, xiv. 3. Gird thy sword, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy 
miajesty. See Isa. xxx. 30. and 2 Thess. i. 9. 

XXXI. God is glorious in favours spiritual and temporal-^ confer- 
red on his people^ and in the advancement of religion among them. Num. 
xiv. 22. These men have seen my glory and my miracles. 

Deut. V. 24. The Lord hath shewed us his glory and his greatness. 

Ps. Ixiii. 2. My soul thirsteth to see thy power and thy glory, 
as I have seen thee in thy sanctuary. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy 
name. 

xc 16. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto 
their children. 

cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up Jerusalem, he shall appear 
in his glory. Zech. ii. 5. I will be the glory in the midst of her. 

Isa. xxiv. 23. The Lord shall reign in Jerusalem gloriously. 

XXXV. 2. They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency 
of our God. 

xl. 5. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see 
it. Ch. lix. 19. 

xliii. 7. I have created him, for my glory. 

Iviii. 8. The glory of the Lord shall be thy rear-ward, 

Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 

Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings 
thv glory. Ch. Ixvi. 18, 19. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled with the knovrledge of the 
glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace 
and good-will to men. 

2 Cor. iii. 4. God hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of 
knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Col. i. 1 1. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious 
povi^er. Eph. iii. 16. 

1 Pet. iv. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God, resteth upon you. 
See Isa. xxxiii.,21. — xlvi. 13 — Hag. ii 7. 

Hence the Gospel, is called the glorious Gospel. 1 Tim.i. IL 



Chap. I. God^s Knoivkdge, 9 

Future glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold as in a glass the glory of 
the Lord. 

Rom. V. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

God's power called his glory. Rom. vi. 4. Christ was raised from 
the dead by the glory of the Father. 

John xi. 4, 40. Lazarus, his sickness, and rising from the dead, is 
called the glory of God. 

1 Cor. xi. 7. Man is the image and glory of God. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ is the brightness of the Father's glory. 

god's knowledge. 

XXXII. God's kno-idedge is perfect. 1 Sam. ii. 3. The Lord is 
a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

Job xxxvii. 16. He is perfect in knowledge. Ch. xxxvi. 4. 
Ps. cxivii. 5. His understanding ismfinite. See Rom.xi. 33. 
Isai. xl. 28. There is no searching of liis understanding. Prov. 
xxii. 12. 

xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit of knovdedge. 

XXXIII. God's knoivledge is underived. Job xxi. 22. Shall any 
teach God knowledge. 

Ps. xciv. 9. He that planted the ear shall he not hear? he that 
formed the eye shall he not see ? 

Ver. 10. He that teacheth man knowledge, shall himself not know ? 

Isa. xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him ? 
and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, 
and shewed Mm the way of understanding ? 

XXXIV. God's knowledge extendeth to all things. Job xxviii. 10. 
His eye seeth every precious thing. 

Ver. 24. He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under 
the whole heaven. 

Ps. cxxxix. 12. Darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shin- 
eth as the day, the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 

Dan. ii. 22. He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light 
dwelleth with him. 

Acts XV. 18. Kno^m unto God are all his works from the begin- 
ning of the world. 

Heb. iv. 13. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in 
his sight, but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him 
with whom we have to do. 

1 John iii. 20. God knoweth all things. 

XXXV. Things which God only knoweth. Gen. xl. 8. Joseph said* 
Do not interpretations belong to God ? 

Deut. xxix. 29. Secret tilings belong to the Lord our God. 

1 Kings viii, 39, Thou only knowest the hearts of all the children 
of men. 

Job. xxiv. 1. Times are not hidden from the Almighty. Acts i. 7. 

Isai. xlii. 9. Nev\- things do I declare, before they spring forth, I 
tell you of them. 

xhi. 9. I am God, and there is none like me. 

Ver. 10. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient 
times, the things that are not yet done. Ch. xlviii. 3, 6, 16. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son, but the Father. John x. 1 5. 

Mark xiii. 32. Of the day and hour of judgment knoweth no 



10 God's Knowledge* Chap. I, 



man, no not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son but 
the Father. 
iCor.ii. 1 1. The thingscf God knowethno man, butthe Spirit of GocL 

XXXVI. Secret things tvJiich God will discover. Job xx. 27. The 
iieavens shall reveal the iniquity of the wicked, and the earth shall 
rise up against him. 

xxviii. 1 1. The thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 

Eel. xii. 14. God will bring into judgment every secret thing. 

Dan. ii. 22. God reveaieth deep and secret things. Ver. 28, 29, 47.- 

Matt. x. 26. There is nothing hid that shall not be known. 

Rom. ii. 16. God will judge the secrets of men. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. God will bring to light the hidden things of darkness^ 
will make manifest the counsels of the heart. 

Eph. iii. 9. The mystery (of rede^nptionj hath been hid in God' 
from the foundation of the world. 

Ver. 10. Now made known. Col. i. 26. 

XXXVII. The kno'ivledge of God extendeth to man and all his ivay^.. 
2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the 
whole earth, to shew himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is 
perfect towards him. 

Job xxxiv. 2 1 . His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all 
his goings. Chap. xiii. 27. — xxxi. 4. 

Ps. xi. 4. His eyes behold, his eye-lids try the children of men. 

xxxiii. 13. The Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth all the 
sons of men. 

Ver. 14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the 
inhabitants of the earth. 

Ixvi. 7. His eyes behold the nations. 

ciii. 4. He knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust. 

cxiii. 6. He humbleth himself to behold the things that are in hea"- 
ven and in the earth. 

cxxxix. 1. O Lord thou hast searched me and known me. 

Ver. 2. Thou knowest my do^vn-sitting and mine up-rising, thou 
understandeth my thought afar off. 

Ver. 3. Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art ac- 
quainted with all my ways. 

Ver. 4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou 
knowest it altogether. 

Ver. 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, it is high, I can- 
not attain unto it. 

cxxxix. 11. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, even the 
night shall be light alDout me. Ver. 12, 13. Dan. ii. 22. 

Ver. 15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made 
in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

Ver. 16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect. 
and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance 
Avere fashioned v%^hen as yet there was- none of them. 

Prov. V. 21. The ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and 
he pondereth all his goings. 

XV. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil 
and the good. 

Jer. xxiii. 24. Can any hide himself in secret, that I shall not see 
him ? saith the Lord. 



Chap. I. God^s Knowledge* 11 

Jer. xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of 
men, to give every one accordmg to his ways, and according to the 
fruit of his doings. 

XXXVIII. Gjd knoweth the hearts of all men. 1 Sam.xvi. 7. The 
Lord seeth not as man seeth, for man looketh on the outward appear- 
ance, but God iooketh on the heart. Job x, 4. Prov. xv. 11. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest the hearts of all the chiU 
dren of men. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understand- 
eth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

Jer. XX. 12. O Lord of hosts that seest the reins and heart. 

Acts i. 24. Thou Lord knowest the hearts of all men. 

XXXIX. God know'th the hearts of the righteous. Gen. xx. 6. I 
know thou didst this in the integrity of thine heart. 

Ps. xix. 14. Let the meditations of m.y heart be acceptable in thy 
sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeem-cr. 

cxxxix. 23. Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and 
know my thoughts ; 

Ver. 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me 
in the way everlasting. 

Isa. Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and 
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

Jer. xii. 3. Thou, O Lord, knowest me, thou hast seen me, and 
tried mine heart toward thee. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. The hidden man of the heart, even a meek and quiet 
spirit is in the sight of God of great price. See Acts xv. 8. 

XL. God knoweth the hearts of the wicked, Deut.- xxxi. 20. They 
will provoke me : 
Ver. 2 1 . For I know their imagination which they go about even now. 

Ps. xciv. 1 .. The Lord knoweih the thoughts of man, that they 
are vanity. 

Ezek. xi. 5. I know the things that come into your minds every 
one of you. 

Luke xvi. 15. Jesus said, ye are they that justify yourselves be- 
fore men, but God knoweth your hearts. 

Acts viii. 21. Thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 

XLI. God knoweth his fieople. Gen. vii. 1. The Lord said to No- 
ah, thee have 1 seen righteous before me in this generation. 

xviii. 19. I knov/ Abraham that he will comm.and his children and 
his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. 

2 Sam. vii. 20. Thou Lord knowest thy servant. I Chr, xvii. 8. 
Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous Ps. xxxvii. 18. 
xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his 

ears are open to their cry. 

Ixxx. 14. Look down from heaven and behold, and visit this thy 
vine. Ps. cxix. 132.— xxv. 13. Deut. xxvi. 15. Isai. 1 iii. 15. 

Isa. Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways, and will heal him, saith the Lord. 

Jer. xKiv. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good. Zech. xii. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. The Lord knoweth them that are his. Gal. iv. 9. 

XLII. Gcd knoweth the religious firincifiies and practices of his fieo- 
pie. Rev. ii. 19. I know thy wgtA-*, and cAa?'zVz/, and ^^frxJice, oxid faith. 
and patience. 

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12 Gocfs Knowledge. Chap. L 

1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is known of God. 
Ps. xxi^iii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them that /car him^ 
upon them that hope in his mercy. See Gen. >.xii. 12. 
Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that trust in him. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great 
price. 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that they humbled themselves. 
Col. i. 22. Present you holy and unblameable^ and unreproveable in 

his sight. 

Mat. vi. 18. Appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father which 
seeth in secret, and thy Father shall reward thee openly. 

Ver. 6. When thou prayest enter into thy closet, and when thou 
hastshutthy door, /zraz/ to thy Father which is in secret^ and thy Fa- 
ther which seethm secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 

Ver. 4. Ihat thine alms may be in secret, and thy P'ather which 
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. See Acts x. 4, 31. 

Job xxxiii. 27. He looketh upon man, and if any say I have sinned- 
and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not ; 

Ver. 28. He shall deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his 
life shall see the light. See Jonah iii 10. 

Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which came out of my lips was 
right before thee. 

Mai. iii. 16. They that feared the Lord spake often one to another, 
and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance 
was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought 
on his name See Ps. cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl. 9. 2 Cor. xi. 3L 

XLHL Their works. 2 Cor. viii. 21. P7^ovtde things honest not 
only in the sight of God, but also of men. 

Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience ; 
and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. 

Ver. 9. I know thy v\^orks, and tribulation, and poverty, ver. 13, 
19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. xiii. 21.1 John iii. 22. 

Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what things ye 
have need of before ye ask him. 

Mat. vi. 31. Take no thought, saying, what shall A*-e eat, or what 
shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed. 

Ver. 32, For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of 
all these things. Luke xii. 30. 

Their sorrotos. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord said of his people, I know 
their sorrows. Ch. xiv. 24. Neh. ix. 9. Act- vii. 34. 

Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God knoweth thy walking through the 
wilderness. 

Their affiictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou hast known my soul in adversity. 

Ps. cii 19. He hath looked down from the height of his sanctua- 
ry : from heaven, did the Lord behold the earth : 

Ver. 20. I^o hear the groaning of the prisoner. Ps. xxxviii. 9. 
2 Sam. xvi. 12. Job x. 15. Ps. xxxix. U, 12. 

Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. xxxi. 12. The Lord said to 
Jacob, I have seen all that Laban doth to thee. Ver. 42. 

Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the children of Israel, and had re- 
spect unto them, under oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. iv. 31. 



.Chap. L Code's Knowledge. 13 

1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon my people because their cry 
is come up unto me. See 2 Kings xiii. 4. — xiv. 26. 

Ps. X. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to requite it. 

XXXV. 21. They opened their mouth against me. 

Ver. 22. This thou hast seen, O Lord. 

Ixix. 16. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my 
dishonour, mine adversaries are all before thee. 

Jer. lix. t 5. The Lord saw it and it displeased him that there was 
no judgment. 

Lam. iii. 59. Lord thou hast seen my wrong, judge thou my cause. 

Dan. ix. 18. O my God incline thine ear and hear, open thine 
eyes, and behold our desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Jer. xlviii. 30. 

God saw in affiiction Hagar, Gen. x\i. 13. — Leah, Gen.xxix. 31. 
Hannah, 1 Sam. i. 11. 

XLIV. God's knowledge of the nvicked and thev^ sins. Gen. vi. 5. 
■God saw the wickedness of man, that it was great in the earth, and 
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil con- 
tinually. 

Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said I have seen this people, and behold 
it is a stiff-necked people. Deut. xxxii. 19. 

Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain man, he seeth wickedness also, will 
he not then consider it ? 

xxiiv. 22, There is no darkrvess nor shadow of death, where the 
workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Amos ix- 2, 3, 4. 

Ps. xiv. 2. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children 
of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 

Ver. 3. They are ail gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. 

ixix. 5. My sins are not hid from thee. 

xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in 
the light of thy countenance. 

Isa. xlviii 8. I knew that thou wouldst deal treacherously. 

Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their ways, neither is their 
iniquity hid from mine eyes. 

Amos V. 1 1. I know their manifold transgressions, and their migh^ 
ty sins. Ch. ix. 8. I will set mine eyes upon them for evil. 

Hab. i, 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst 
not look upon iniquity. 

Luke XV. 21. 1 have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight. 

XLV. God knoweth the jiroud. 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thine eyes are 
upon the haughty, that thou may est bring them down. See Job iv. 12. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he knoweth afar off. 

XL VI. God knoweth the imfienitent. Jer. viii. 6. I hearkened and 
heard, but they spake not aright, no man repenteth him of his wick-- 
edness, saying, what have I done, every one turneth to his course, 
as the horse rusheth into the battle. 

XLVn. Hijfio critical professors. Matt. xxii. 1 1 . The King came 
in to see the guests, and saw there a man not having a wedding gar- 
ment on. 

Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of them which say, they are 
Jews and are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan, 

iii. 1. I know thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 

XLVIIi. Liars and uncharitable persons. Prov. xxiv. 11. if thoii 
forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death. 



14 God^s Wisdom, Chap. I. 

Prov. xxiv. 13. If thou sayest we knew knot, cloth not he that ponn 
clereth the heart considei it, and he that keepeth thy soul doth he not 
know it, and shall he not render to every man according; to his works ( 

XLIX. Eiivious fiersons. Prov. xrav. 1 7. Rejoice not when thine 
enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be c'lad when he stumbleth. 

Ver. 18. Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn 
away his wrath from him. 

L. Wicked %vorks. Job. xxxiv. 25. He knoweth their works, and 
overthroweth them. Ch. x iv. 23. • 

Isa. Ixvi. ' 8. I know their works, and their thoughts. 

Rev. iii. 15.1 know thy works, \h?^X thou art neither cold not hot. 

LL Whortdom^ natural and spiritual. Jer. xxix. 23. Because they 
have committed viilany in Israel, and have committed adultery with 
their neie;hbours wives, and have spoken lying Avords, even I know, 
and am a witness, saith the Lord. 

Hos. V. 3. I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid from me, for now 
O Ephraim, thou committest v/horedom and Israel is defiled. 

Ver. 4. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God, 
for the spirit of whoredoms is in them. Ch. vi. 10. 

Lil. Murderers. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Nathan said to David, wherefore 
hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, in doing evil in 
his sight, thgu hast killed Uriah with the sword, &c. 

2 Kings ix. 26. The Lord said, 1 have seen the blood of Naboth, 
and the blood of his sons. See Gen. iv. 10. 

Ps. Ixxii. 14. Precious shall the blood of the needy be in his sight. 

Jer. xviii. 2 3. Lord thou knowest all their counsel against me to 
slay me ; forgive not their iniquity. 

LIII. The sins of the wicked against this attribute of God. Job xxii. 
13. They say how doth God know ? can he judge thro' the dark cloud ? 
Ps. iix. 7, 8. 

Ps. X, 1 1. He said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his 
face, he will never see it. 

l-L iii. 11. They say how doth God know, and is there knowledge 
in the Most Hi;^h ? 

xciv. 7. They say the Lord shall not see, neither shall the God 
of Jacob regard it. See ver. 8, 9. 

GODS WISDOM. ' 

LIV. God''s Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart and 
Tnis!;hty in strength, who hath hardened himself against him and hath 
prospered? Isa. xxxi. 2. 

xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37. 

Ddn. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and might are his. Prov. 
viii. 14p 

Rom >i. 33. O the depth of the wisdom of God I &c. 

xvi 27. To God only wise be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. 
1 Tim. i. 17. Jude ver. 25. Rev. vii. 12. 

LV. God's Wisdom in creation. Ps. civ. 24. O Lord how mani- 
fold are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. cxxxvi. 5. 

Prov. iii. 19. The Loid by wisdom hath founded the earth, by un- 
derstanding hath he established the heavens. 

Ver. 20. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the 
clouds drop down the dew. 



Chap. I. God's Foxver, 15 

Jer. X. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath esta- 
blished the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens 
by his discretion. Ch. li. 15. 

LVI. God's Wisdom, hi redemption by Jesus Christ, Eph. i. 8. He 
hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence. 

Ver. 9. Having m^de known unto us the mystery of his will. 

iii. 10. That he might make know the manifold wisdom of God. 

Ver. 11. According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 33. 

Col- ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdona and 
knowledge. 

Rev. V. 12. Worthy is the lamb to receive wisdom, &c. 

LVn. The wisdom oj" creatures nothing in comparison oj God's Wis- 
dom. 

job iv. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in his servants, and his an- 
gels he chargeth with folly. 

xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that are wise of heart. 

Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor coun- 
sel against the Lord. 

Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens of liars, and maketh divi- 
ners mad, he turneth wise men backv/ard, and maketh their know- 
ledge foolish. Ch. xl 23. 

1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is wiser than men. 

Ver. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world, to con- 
found the wise. 

iii. 9. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is 
written, he taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job v. 13. 
god's power. 

LVin. Power ascribed to God. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O 
Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the vic- 
tory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, 
is thine ; thine is the. kingdom, O Lord, and thou eat exalted as head 
above all. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever. 

Ver. 12. In thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it 
is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 2 Chron. xx. 6. 

Ps. Ixii. 1 i. Power belongeth unto God. 

cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power, his understand- 
ing is infinite. 

See Job xxvi. 14. and xxxvii. 23. The thunder of his power. Ps. 
xxiA. 4. and Ixviii. 33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 4. The hiding 
of his power. 

LIX. Might. Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in 
earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy 
might ? 

Jer. x. 6. Thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 

Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and might are his. 

Mighty. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who among the sons of the mighty, and 
be likened unto the Lord ? 

Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is mightier than the voice of ma- 
ny waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 



16 God''s Powei\ Chap. I. 

Jer. ii. 18. The great, the mighty God, the I.ord of hosts is his 
name. 

Vcr. 19. Great in counsel, and mighty in work. 

LX. Jlmighty. Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord stiid, I am the Almighty 
God. Rev. i. 8." 

Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abraham by the name of God Al- 
mighty. 

Rev, xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 

LXI . Strength. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength, 
who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered ? Ch. 
xxxvi. 5, 19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong. 

Ps, xii. 13. With him is wisdom, and strength, he hath counsel 
and understanding. 

lxx.\ix. 8. O Lord of hosts, who is a strong Lord, like unto thee ? 

Ps. xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with strength, 

Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord, Jehovdh, is everlasting strength. 

1 Cor. i. 25. The weakness of God is stronger than men. 

LXIL ^7-77?. Job xl. 9. Hdst thou an arm like God ? or canst thou 
thunder with a voice like him ? 

Ps. Ixxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty arm, strong is thy hand, and 
high is thy right hand. 

LXIIL Hand. Exod. xv. 6. Thy right hand is glorious in power. 

LXIV. Finger. Exod. viii. 19. Ihe magicians said, it is the fin- 
ger of God. 

xxxi. 18. The tables were written with the finger of God. 

Ps. viii. 3. The heavens are the work of thy fingers. 

Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with the finger of God. 

LXV. Rock. Deut. xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect, 
all his ways are judgment, a God of truth and without iniquity, just 
and right is he. 1 Sam. ii. 2. — 2 Sam. X5iii. 32 Ps. xviii. 31. 

LXVI. Hard. Gen. xviii. 14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? 

Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too hard for thee. Ver. 27. 

LXVn. Possible, Matt. xix. 26. With God, all things are possi- 
ble. Mark x. 27. 

Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall be impossible. 

xviii. 27. Those things that are impossible with men, are possible 
with God. Zech. viii. 6. 

LXYIIL Mle, Phil. iii. 21. He is able to subdue all things to 
jiimself. 

Rom. iv. 2]. He was able to perform what he had promised. 

Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly above all that we ask, or think. 

LXIX. God''s flower in his wonderful doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who 
IS Hke unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders ? 

Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can 
do according to thy works, and according to thy might ? 

xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect. 

Job V. 9. He -doth great things, and unsearchable, marvellous 
things, Avithout number. Ch. ix. 10. — xxxvii. 5. Ps. Ixxii. 18.^- 
Ixxxvi. 10. — cxviii. 23. — cxxxvi. 4. 

Ps. cxi. 1. The works of his hands are verity and judgment- 



Chap. I. God^s Power. If 

Eccl. iii. 14. Whatsoever God doth shall be for ever, nothing can 
be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. 

Dan. iv. 3. Hov/ great are his signs, and how mighty are his won- 
ders, his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion from 
generation to generation ! 

Ver. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, 
and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among 
the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or say unto 
him what doest thou ? See Job ix. 12 Isa. xlv. 9. 

LXX. The prosfierity and adversity of mankind in his hand. Job ii. 
10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not re- 
ceive evil ? 

Job V. 18. He maketh sore, and he bindeth up, he woundeth and 
his hunds msike whole. 

xii. 10. '.n his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath 
of ail mankind. 

xxiii. 13. He is in one mind, and who can turn him ? and what 
his soul desireth, even that he doth. 

Ver 14' He performeth the thing that is appointed for me, and 
many such things are with him. 

Isa. xlv. 7 I form light, and I create darkness, I make peace and 
I create evil ; I the Lord do all these things. Amos iii. 6. 

Eccl. ix. I . The righteous, and the wise, and their Vv orks are in 
the hand of God. 

Dan. V. 23. God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all 
thy ways. Acts xvii. 28. 

Jam. iv. 12. He is the one law-giver, who is able to save, and to 
destroy. See Jer. :■ viii. 6. Isa. xlv. 9. As clay in the hand of the 
potter, so are we in his hand. 

LXXI. God's Power, in the creation of heaven and earth. Job 
xxvi. i 3. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens, his hand hath 
formed the crooked serpent. 

Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his, he made it, his hands formed the dry land, 

cii. 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth, and the 
heavens are the work of thy hands. Heb. i. 10. 

Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his 
hand, and meted out the heaven with a span, and comprehended the 
dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, 
and the hills in a balance ? Prov. xxx. 4. 

Isa. xl. 26. He calleth the creatures all by names, by the great- 
ness of his mi^a-ht, for that he is strong in power none faileth. 

xlviii. 13. Mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and 
my right hand hath spanned out the heavens. 

Ixvi. 2. All these things have mine hands made. 

Jer. X. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath esta- 
blished the world by his wisdom, he hath stretched out the heavens 
by his discretion. Ch. li. 15. 

xxvii. 5. I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are up- 
on the ground, by my great power, and by my out-stretched arm, 
and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. Ch. xxxii. 1T» 



18 God'^s Pow>ri\ Chap. L 

Rom. i. 20. The invisible thiiij^s of God, from the creation of the 
world are clearly seen, being^ understood by the things that are made, 
even his eternal power and God-head- 

LXXII. G.of/'.f Fower^ in the gcvermncnt of the heavens and the 
earth. Job xxvi. 12. He divideth the sea by his power, by his un- 
derstanding he smiteth through the proud. See from ver. 5 to 14, 
and Ps. Ixxiv- 13. 

xxviii. 19. fie putteth forth his hand upon the rock, andoverturn- 
eth the mount^iins by the roots. 

Ps. Ixv. 6. By his strength he setteth fist the mountains. 

xcv. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth, the strength 
of hills is his. 

Isa. xliii. 16. The Lord maketh a way in the sea, and a path in 
the mighty waters. 

Ver. I 7. He bringeth forth the chariot and the horse, the army 
and the power. 

1. 2. At my rebuke I dry up the sea, and make the rivers a wil- 
derness. 

Ver. 3. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth 
their covering. Nah i. 3, 4, 5. 

Dan. iv. 35. He doth according to his will in the army of heaven, 
and among the inhabitants of the earth. 

Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word of his power. 

LXXni. ./fc/'s of hh power ^ tovjcird his Church* Exod. vi. 6. I will 
redeem you, with a stretched out arm., and with great judgments. 

Exod. xiii. 3. By strength of hand, the Lord brought you out of 
Egypt. Ps. cxxxvi. 12. 

XV. 13. Thou hast guided thy people in thy strength, unto thy ho- 
ly habitation. 

Ver. 17. Thou wilt plant them in the mount of thine inheritance, 
in the sanctuary, O Lord, v/hich thine hands have established. 

Num. xiv. 13. Thou broughtest up this people, in thy might. 

Deut iv. 34. Hath God assayed to take a nation, from the midst 
of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by 
war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great 
terrors, according to all that the Lord thy God did for you in the 
land of Egypt. Ch. v. 15. — vii. 19. — xxvi. 8. Jer. xxxii. 21. Ezek. 
XX. 5, 6, 22, 28, 42.— xlvii. 14. Dan. ix- 15. 

vi. 21. The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, 
Ch. vii. 8, 9. — ix. 26. — xi. 2. — xxvi- 8. — xxxiv. 12. 

Neh, i. 10. Thy people thou hast redeemed by thy great power, 
and by thy strong hand. Ch. ix. 32. Exod. xxxii. 1 1. 

Ps. Ixxix. li. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee, 
according to the greatness of thy power. 

cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's sake, that he might make 
his mighty power to be known. Ps. cxi. 6. 

Isa. xlix. 26. All flesh shall know that I the Lord, am thy Saviour 
and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Ch. ,x. 16. — Ixiii. 15. 

Jer. XX. 1 1. The Lord is with me, a mighty and tervible o^e, there- 
fore mv persecutors shall stumble, and shall not prevail. Ps. xlv. 3» 



Chap. I. Gocfs Poxver» 1-9 

See Numb. xi. 2o.Deut. xxxiii. 27. Ps. xliv. 3. — Ixxvii. 10, 14.— 
Ixxviii. 54. — Ixxx. 15 — cxviii. S'S. Isa- li. 9, 11. Jer. 1. 34. 

LXXIV. God's fiovoertoivards the righteous. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The 
eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew 
himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. 

Hand. 2 Chron. xxix. 12, Both riches and honour come of thee, 
and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and might, 
and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 
Ch. XXV. 9. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good 
that seek him, but his power and wrath is against all them that for- 
sake him. Ver. 31. 

Ps. xvii. 7. Thou savest by thy right hand them that put their 
trust in thee. Ps. xviii. 35. — xxxvii. 24. Dan. iii. 17. 

XX. 6. He will hear with the strength of his right hand. Ps. Ix. 5. 

xxxi. 5. Into thine hand I commit my spirit. Luke xxiii. 46. 

Ver. 1 5. My times are in thine hand. 

Ixiii- 8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. Ps. cviii. 6. 

Ixxx. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand. Ps,. 
Ixxxix. 21. 

Isa. i. 25. The Lord saith I will turn mine hand upon thee, and 
purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. See ver. 22. 

LXXV. God's flower in spiritual blessings to his people. Ps. xcv. 7. 
We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Ps. 
cxxxviii. 8. Isa. xix. 25. — xxix. 23. — xlv. 11. — Ix. 21. — Ixiv. 8. Jer- 
xviii. 6. compare Matt. iii. 9. and Rom. xi. 23. 

ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in a day of thy power. 2 Chr, 
XXX. 12. 

Ixiii. 1, 2. My soul thirsteth for thee to see thy power and thy 
glory, as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Ps. Ycvi. 6. 1 Chr. xvi. 27. 

Eph. i. 19. The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who 
believe. 2 Cor. vi. 7. Eph. iii. 7. 

iii. 20. He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we 
ask or think. 2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given to us all 
-things that pertain to life and godliness. 

John X. 29. None is able to pluck his people out of his hand. 

2 rim. i. 12. He is able to keep that committed unto him. 

Rom. xvi. 25. To him that is of power to stablish you, be glory 
for ever amen. Ch. xiv. 4. 

2 Cor. i-v. 8. God is able to make all grace abound toward you. 

Acts XX. 32. 1 recommend you to God, and to the v/ord or his 
grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance 
ximong all them which are sanctified. 

Jude Ver. 24. He is able to keep you from falling, and to present 
you faultless before the presence of his glory, v/ith exceeding joy. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God, through faith un- 
to salvation. 

Duty. Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of 
his might. 

LXXVI. God's power against the wicked. Ezra viii. 22, God's 
power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. Nah. i. .6, 



20 . GocVs Fozver. Chap. I. 

Ezraix. 1 1. Who knoweth the power of thine anger. Heb. x. 31. 
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 

Nah. i. 3. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and 
will not at all acquit the wicked. 

2 Thess. i. 9. The wicked shall be punished with everlasting de- 
struction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power. See Ps. lix. 11.- — hvi. 3. Rom. ix. 17. 

Jbnighty. Job xxi. 10. The eyes of the wicked shall see his de- 
struction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Ch. xxvii. 
13, &:c. 

Job xl. 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct 
him, he that hath reproved God let him ansv/er it. 

Isa. xiii. 6. The day of the Lord shall come g^ a c]estruction from 
the Almighty. Joe- i. 15. — ii. 11. 

Might. Ps. xxiv. 8. The Lord strong and mighty in battle. 

Isa. i. 24. Thus saith the Lord, the mighty one of Israel, I will 
ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies. 

Jer. xvi. 21, I will cause them to know my hand and my might, 
and they shall know that my name is the Lord. 

Strength. Jer. xxi. 5. I will fight against you with an outstretched 
hand, and with a strong arm, even with anger and fury, and in great 
wrath. 

Rev. xviii. 8. Strong is the Lord who judges Babylon. 

Hand. Exod. ix. 3. To Pharaoh Moses said, the hand of the Lord 
is upon the cattle, upon the horses, the asses, the camels, the oxen, 
and the sheep. 

Exod. ix. 15. I will stretch out mine hand that I may smite thee, 
and thy people with pestilence. Ch. iii. 20. 

Ver. 16. For this cause have I raised thee up to shew in thee my 
power. 

Exod. XV. 16. Fear and dread shall fall upon them, by the great- 
ness of thine arm. Ch. vii. 5. 

Deut. ii. 15. The hand of the Lord was against those that mur- 
mured, to destroy them until they were consumed. 

xxxii. 20, to 44. How should one chase a thousand, and two put 
ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord 
had shut them up ? , 

Judg. ii. 15. Whithersoever they v»^ent out, the hand of the Lord 
was against thena for evil. 1 Sam. v. 9.— vi. 3. — vii. 13. 

xii 5. If ye rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then 
shall the hand of the Lord be against you. 

Job X. 7. There is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Ps. 1. 
22. Hos. ii. 10. 

Job xxvii. 22. God shall cast upon the wicked man, and shall not 
spare, he w^ouid fain flee out of his hand. 

Ps. xxi. 8. Thine hand shall find out thine enemies. Ps. xcviii. 1. 
— c xviii. 5. 

Ixvi. 5. The Lord is terrible in his doings, to the children of men. 
Ver. 3. 

Ps. Ixxv. 8. In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine, 
is red : it is full of mixture, and he poureth out the same : but the 



Chap. L God's Poxve/. 21 

dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and 
drink them. Jer. xxv. 15, 17. — li. 7. Hab. ii. 16. 

cvi. 26. He lilted up his hand against them, and overthrew them 
in the wilderness. Ezek. xx. 22, 24, 33. Ch. xxii. 13, 14, 15. 

Isa. X. 32. He shall stretch his hand against the mount of the daugh- 
ter of Zion. Ch.xix. 16. Ch. XXV. 11. Jer. vi. 12, 16. — xv. 6. 

xxxi. 3. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that 
helpeth, and he that is helped, shall fall together. 

1. 1 1. This shall ye have of mine hand, ye shall lie dov/n in sorrow. 

lii. 10. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all 
nations. 

Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinnetli against me by trespassing 
grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and I will break 
the staff of the bread thereof, and 1 will send a famine upon it, and 
cut ofl' man and beast from it. Ch. vi. 14. 

xxv. 7. I will stretch mine hand upon thee, and will deliver tliee 
for a spoil to the heathen. Ch. xiii. 16 — xxxv. 3. 

Amos ix. 2. Thou they dig to hell, thence shall mine hand take- 
them. 

Zeph. i. 4. I will stretch niine hand upon Judah. Ch. ii. 13. 

Acts xiii. 1 1. The hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt 
be blind for a season. 

LXXVn. Sins against the jio%ver of God. Ps* xxviii. 5. Because 
they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, 
he shall destroy them and not build them up. 

Isa. V. 12. They regarded not the work of the Lord, neither con- 
sidered the operation of his hands. Ch. xxvi. 11. — liii. 1. — Ixv. 2. 

Y. 25, His anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 
still. Ch. ix. 12, 17, 21.~-x. 4.— -xiv. 27. 

Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the pow- 
er of God. 
Duties resulting from or founded upon the doctrine of God's po%uer. 

Isa. xxxiii. 13. Ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 

Ps. xviii. 1 . I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. See love to God, 

Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to 
cast into hell. See/^ar of God. 

Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah 
is everlasting strength. See trust in God, 

1 Chron. xvi- 1 1. Seek the Lord and his strength. Ps. cv. 4. See, 
Seek God. 

Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy strength. See Joy in God, 

Ps. lix. 17, To thee, O my strength, will I sing. See praising God, 

Ixviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto the Lord. 

xcvi. 7. Give unto the Lord, glory and strength. 

cxlv. 6. Men shall speak of the glory of thine acts. Ver. 11. 

cl. 1. Praise the Lord in the firmament of his power. 

Jude ver. 25. To the only Avise God our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever, amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy O Lord, to receive glory and ho- 
nour, and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy plea- 
sure they are, and were ereated. See Ch. y. 13.- — vii. 12.- — :iix. 1, 



2^ Old Testament Miracles. Chap. I, 

OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. 

. 7,9 wiracles may be considered as unconimoyi ejf' cts, produced by thf 

interposal and exertioJi oj divine ponver^ it is thought proper to give 

the fulloiving miracles a place under this article. See Miracles^ Ch, 

4tb. Sect. 50 to 5 8. 

LXXVIII. 1. Miracles^ ajfecting nations^ and particular persons^ 
Gen. 7th and 8th chapters. The flood with all its circumstances, the 
design thereof, 2 Pet. ii. 5. To destroy the ungodly. 

Gen. X. 1. The birth of Isaac. Ch. xxi. 2. 

xxi. 13. He is miraculously delivered from death. 

xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. Deut.xxix^ 
23. Isa. xiii. 19. Jer. xlix. 18. — 1. 4. 

Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses in aflame of fire, in a bush ^ 

iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a serpent. 

Ver. 4. His hand becomes leprous and is restored. 

vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent before Pharaoh. 

Ver. 12. It swallows up the Magicians' rods, turned into' serpent? 
also. 

Ver. 20. The waters of Egypt are turned into blood, 

viii. 6. The plague of frogs. 

Ver. 17. The plague of lice. 

Ver. 21. The plague of flies. 

ix, 6. A plague upon cattle. 

Ver. 10. Plague of boils. 

Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, and fire* 

X. 13. The plague of locusts. 

Ver. 22. Darkness, sent as a plague. 

xii. 29. The death of the first born. 

Ver. 3 1 . Israel leaves Egypt. 

xiii. 21. Is guided by a pilka- of a cloud and fire, 

xiv. 20. The pillar is dark toward the Egyptians, and bright to- 
ward the Israelites. 

Ver. 21 The sea is divided. 

Ver. 22. Israel passeth through safely. 

Ver. 26. The sea returns and overwhelms the Egyptians. 

2. These miracles ivr ought by the piOiuer of God. Exod. iii. 20. I 
will smite Egypt with all my wonders. Ch. iv. 9, 17, 28. — vii. 3. — 
xi. 9.— Deut. vi. 22. — vii. 19. — xxvi. 8. — xxxiv. 11. 

Neh.ix. 10. Thou shewxst wonders onPharoah. Jer. xxxii. 20, 2 K 

3. The design of these miracles. Exod. vi. 6, 7. I will redeem you 
with great judgments, and ye sh2.1i know that I am the Lord your God. 

vii. V. The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt. 

V^er. 17. Ch. xiv. 4, 18. The ivaters turned into blood., in this thou 
shait know that I am the Lord. 

viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that thou may est know that there 
is none like unto the Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14. 

Ver. I 7. Of the plague of lice. The magicians said, it is the finger 
of God. 

Ver- 22. No swarms of flies shall be in the land of Goshen, to the 
end thou mavest know, that I am the Lord in tiie midst of the eartli. 



Chap. I. Old Testament Miracles* 23 

Exod. ix. 16. For this cause have I raised thee up, that my name 
may be known in all the earth. 

Ver. 27. At the plague of hail, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them, I have sinned this time, the Lord is righteous, 
I and my people are wicked. 

Ver. 28. Intreat the Lord for me, and I will let you go. 

Ver. 29. Moses said, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord, 
and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail^ 
that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's. 

Exod. X. 16. At the plague of locusts, Pharaoh called for Moses 
and Aaron, and said, I have sinned against the Lord your God. 

Ver. 17. Intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away this 
death only from me. 

Ver. 24. At the plague of darkness, Pharaoh said to Moses, go 
serve the Lord your God, only let your flocks and your herds be stay- 
ed, let your little ones go with you. 

xi. 7. Against any of the children of Israel, shall not a dog move 
his tongue against man or beast, that ye may know, how that the Lord 
doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 

Exod. xiv. 4, 17. Concerning the overthrow of Pharaoh and his army^ 
God said, I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host. 

Ver. 18. The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I 
have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon 
his horsemen. 

xii. 31. Ufion the death of the first-born of Egypt. Pharaoh said, 
take your flocks, and your herds, and be gone, and bless me also. 

4. Jifter the o-uer throw of Pharaoh. Exod. xiv. 31. Israel saw that 
great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians, and the people 
feared the Lord, and believed the Lord. 

XV. 1. They sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing unto 
the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and the rider 
hath he thrown into the sea, &c. 

xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, which 
brought them out of the land of Egypt. ' 

5. Miracles in the wilderness and the borders thereof Exod. xvi. 12, 
13. Quails and manna sent for food. Num. xi. 31. 

xvii, 6. Water brought from a rock, for drink. Num. xx. 1 1. 

Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelites clothes waxed not old, &:c. that ye 
^ight know that I am the Lord thy God. 

Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and lightenings and a thick cloud appear 
upon Mount Sinai, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud is 
eard, so that all the people trembled. Ch. xx. 18. 

XX. 1. The law is delivered. Ver. 22. The Lord talked with them 
from heaven. 

xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on the mount. 

xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days. 

Ver. 29. His face shines so that the Israelites could not look upon it» 

Lev. ix..24. Fire from the Lord consumes the burnt ofl"ering. 

X. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes Nadab and Abihu, for offer- 
ing with strange fire unto the Lord. 

Numb; xiv. 37. Men who brou^h^ an evil report, die by the plague* 



'U Old Testament Miracles. Chap. L 

xvi. 1. The rebellion of Corah, and his company. 

Ver. 32.-1 he earth opens, and swallows them up. 

Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by the plague, for murmuring*. 

xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a decisive token of the priesthooc! 
bein?j fixed in the house of Levi. 

xi. 2 5. The spirit of prophecy given to the elders of Israel. 

xxi, 4. The people for murmuring are bitten by fiery serpents. 

Ver. 6. And healed by looking on a brazen serpent. 

Ver. 9. On a pole. 

xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass speaking, and terrified at the 
sight of an angel, as he went to curse Israel. 

xxiii 8, 20. Is forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 4, 13. 

Jos. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel passeth over. 

6. The design and use to be made of these miracles^ is thus set forth, 

Exod. X. 2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what 
things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done, 
am.ongst them ; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. 

Deut. iv. 32. Ask now of the days that are past, since the day that 
God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of hea- 
ven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this 
great thing is, or hath been heard like it. 

Ver. 33. Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of 
the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live. 

iv. 34. Or hath God assayed to take him a nation, from the midst 
of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by 
war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great 
terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, 
before your eyes. 

Ver. 25. Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know, that 
the Lord is God, there is none else besides him. 

Ver. 2>&, Out of heaven he mad^ thee to hear his voice that 
he might instruct thee, and upon eartlj he shev\^ed thee his great fire, 
and thou heardesthis words out of the midst of the fire. 

Ver. 39. Know therefore, this day, and consider it in thine hearty 
that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath^ 
there is none else. 

Jos. iv. 23. The Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan be- 
foie you, as he did the Red sea. 

Ver. 24. That all the people of the earth might know the hand 
of the Lord that it is great, and that we might fear the Lord our. 
God for ever. Ch. iii. 10, 14. 

xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord, all the days of Joshua, and all the 
day of the elders that outlived Joshua, which had known all the works 
of the Lord which he had done for Israel. Judg. ii. 7. 

7. Other miracles and remarkable providences in the land of Israel^ 
ivr ought for promoting the faith and. ivorship, of the one living a7id true 
God, 

Jos. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the w'alls' thereof falling down at the 
sound of rams horns. 

X. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by hail. 
Ver. 13. The sun stands still. 



Chap. I. Old TestameJit Miracles. ^S 

Jiidg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon by a fleece. 

■vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianitish host miraculously discomfitted. 

Judg. xiii. 19. An angel foretels the birth of Samson. 

Samson's works. Ch.'xiv. 6.— xv. 14, 15, 19.~-xvi. 3,12, 14,30. 

1. Sam. V. 3. Dagon falls before the ark. 

vi. 12. The ark carried to the land of Israel by cattle, without a 
guide. Ver. 14. 

vii. 10. God thundereth upon the Philistines. 

xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at Samuel's prayer. 

xiv. 15. Enemies struck with groundless fear. 

Ver. 20. They kill one another. 

xvii. 49. David kills Goliah. 

Ver. 46. Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into mine hand, that 
ail the earth may know that there is a God in I rae . 

xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes upon Saui's messengers. 
Ver. 21. And upon Saul. Ver. 24. 

1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and ashes poured out as a sign 
foretold by the prophet. 

\ er. 6. Jeroboam's withered hapd restored at the prayer of the 
prophet. 

Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the carcase of a disobedient 
prophet, slain by the lion. 

xvii. \. Jilijah's mh^acles^ viz. A great drought. 

Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. 

Ver. 16. Multiplies. a barrel of meal, and cruise of oil in famine. 

Ver. 22. Brings a dead child to life. 

xviii. 33. In a contest with the priests of Baal, to decide whether 
the God of Israel, or Baal, was the true God, fire consumes Elijah's 
sacrifice, though much water was poured on it. 

Ver. 27, Elijah prayed and said, hear me, O Lord, that this peo- 
ple may know that thou art the Lord God. 

Ver. 38. When the fire consumed the sacrifice, the people fell 
on their faces and cried, the Lord he is God, the Lord he is God. 

1 Kings XX. 13. A remarkable victory. Ver. 28. 

2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay hold on Elijah, are consumed by 
fire from Heaven. 

ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's mantle, divides. Ver. 14. 

Ver. 1 1 . Elijah is carried to heaven. 

Ver. 22. Waters healed by Elisha. 

iii. 16. Waters appear like blood to the enemy. 

Ver. 24. A great slaughter of them. 

iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. 

Ver. 35. Restores a dead child to life. 

iv. 40. Sons of the prophets, miraculously fed. 

V. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. Ver. 27. leprosy entailed upon 
Gehazi and his offspring. 

vi. 6. Iron swims. 

2. Kings iv. 12. Elisha discovereth secret counsels. 

Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy is smitten with blindness. 
Yer. 20. Their eyes opened. 



^(y Old Testament Miracles, Chap. I. 

2 Kings xiii. 21, A dead man is restored to life, on touching the 
oones of Elisha. 

xix. o5. An angel smites the host of the Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 20. 

XX. 10. The shadow returns ten degrees on the dial, as a sign 
to Hezekiah, 

1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the Israelites is stopped at 
David's prayer. 

2 Chron. vii. 1. Fire consumes the sacrifice at Solomon's prayer, 
XX. 23. Enemies destroy one another. 

Neh. xix. 21. During forty years travel in the wilderness, he 
clothes of the Israelites waxed not old, nor did their feet sWell. 
Deut. viii. 4. — xxix. 5. 
8. Miraculous judgments by the hand of enemies upon the wicked., the 

end and design of every one of ivhich is expressly said to be, that 

God might be known by thenu 

Ezek. vi, 7. Your cities shcJl.be laid waste. Ver. 10, 14. Ch. 
xxxui. 29. 

vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways upon thee. Ver. 9, 27. 

xi. 10- Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver. 12. 

xii. 15. I will scatter them among the nations. Ver. 16, 17, 20. 

xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that divine lies. 
Ver. 14, 21, 23. 

xiv. 8. Every one that settethup his idols in his heart, and cometh, 
to a prophet to enquire of me, I will set my face against that man. 

XV. 7. I set my fuce against you. Ver. 8. 

XX. 37. I will cause you to pass under the rod. Ver. 12, 44. 

Ver. 3S. I will purge out the rebels from among you. 

Ezek. xxi. 3. Thus saith the Loi^, I am against thee, and will 
draw forth my sword, it shall not return empty. 

xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse 
thee in the countries, and will consume thy fiithiness out of thee. 

Ver. 22. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall 
ye be melted in the midst thereof ; and ye shall know that I the 
Lord, have poured out my fury upon you. 

xxiii. 46. I will give you to be removed and spoiled. Ver. 47. 

xxv. 7. I will deliver thee for a sport to the heathen. See Ch. 
xxiv. 21, 24, 27. 

9. Judgments upon other nations -, for the same ewf/. Ezek. xxv. 16. 
I will stretch out mine hand, upon the Philistines. Ver. 5, 7, 1 1, 
14, 17. 

xxvi. 3. I am against thee, O Tyrus. Ver. 6. 

xxviii. 22. Against thee, O Zidon. Ver. 23, 24, 26. 

xxix. 3. Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver. 9, 16, 2 1. Ch. xxx. — xxxii. 

XXXV. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy cities waste. Ver. 4, 9, 15. 

xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come against my people. 

10. The same is asserted to be the e7id of the following merciful pro- 
vidences^ as the reader will find by consulting at large the places quoted. 

Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their 
queens thy nursing mothers : They shall bow down to thee, with 
?Iieir face toward ,the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet, and 



Chap. I. Righteousness of God. 27 

thou shalt know that I am the Lord : For they shall not be ashamed 
that wait for me. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 27 The tree shall yield her fruit, the earth shall 
yield her increase, and they shall be safe. 

xxxvi. 37. I will increase them with men like a flock. 

Ver. 38. So shall the waste cities be filled with m.en. Ver. 11, 24. 

xxxvii. 6. I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh up- 
on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath into you ; and ye 
shall live, and ye skall know that I am the Lord. 

Ver. 13. Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened 

your graves, O m.y people, and brought you up out of your graves. 

xxxiK. 6. When I have brought them from captivity then shall 

thev know, that I am the Lord, which caused them to be led into 

captivity. 

Ver. '7, 22, 28. See Isa. xliii. 9, 10, 11, 12 — xlv. 3.— -iv. 6 

Ixvi. 14. Ezek. xvi. 62. 

II. Miracles in Babylon. Dan. ii. 31. Daniel tells the king his 
dream, and the interpretation thereof. 

Ver. 47. Hie king answered, of a truth it is, that your God is a 
God of Gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets. 

iii. 25. Three men live in the fire unhurt by it. 

Ver. 29. The king made a decree, that whosoever sliould speak 
against God who delivered them, should be cut to pieces. 

iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's dream, which being accomplish- 
ed, the king praised and honoured the King of heaven. Ver. 34, 37. 

V. 25. Daniel explains the writing upon the wall, concerning 
Belshazzar, and 

Daniel's visions. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. 

LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways 
are judgment, a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right 
is he. 

Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe righteousness to my 
Maker. 

Ps. xi. 7. He is the righteous Lord, that ioveth righteousness, 
Ps. xxxiii. 5. 

xxxvi. 6. Thy righteousness is like the great moimtains, thy 
judgments are a great deep. 

xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 

Ixxi. 19. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high. 

xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness in the Lord. 

xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of hi* 
throne. 

cxi. 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. Ps. cxii 3, 9. 

cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy 
judgments. Jer. xii. 1 . 

Ver. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and 
thy lavv is the truth. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all 
Ij-is vrorks. 

D 



28 Ji^stkc of God. CiiAP. r. 

Jcr. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which exercise lo\iij;^ kindness, judg- 
ment and righteousness in the earth. 

LXXX. God is lighteous in fiunishin^ the ivickecL Gen, xviii. 23. 
Abraham said, wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked. 

Gen. xviii. 25. That be far from thee, to slay the righteous with 
the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be 
far from thee, shall not the judge of all the earth do right ? 

Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, the Lord is righteous, land my yjco- 
ple are wicked. 

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us, for thou 
hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Lam.i. 18. Dan. ix. 14. 

Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon man more than right. 

Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the 
sight of the heathen. 

cxxix. 4. The Lord is righteous, he hath cut asunder the cords 
of the wicked. 

Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteous- 
iiess to the plummet. 

Dan. ix. 7. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto 
us confusion of face, as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5. 

Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, thou art righteous, O Lord, because 
thou hast judged thus. Ch. xviii. 6. 
LXXXL Men shall reap as they cow. For this see the following texts.. 

Job. iv. 8, Prov. xxii. 8. Jer. ii. 19. Hos. x. 13. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 

LXXXil. In rewards to the righteous. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The 
Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness. 

2 Sam. xxii. 21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righte- 
ousness. Ps. xviii. 20. See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26. 

Matt. XX. 4. What is right, that shall ye receive. 

LXXXni. Things of God declared to be right, and righteous are his 
judgments. 

Neh. ix. 13. Thou gavest them right judgments, and true laws, 
good statutes a.nd commandments. See Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9. — 
cxix. 7, 62, 106, 137, 160, 164. Jer. xii- 1. 

Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lore] are right. 

Precelits. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all 
things to be right. 

Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testimonies thou hast commanded, 
are righteous. Ver. 144. 

Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy commandments are righteous- 
ness. 

JVoHL Ps. xxxiii. 4. The v/ord of the Lord is right, and all his 
v/orks are done in truth. Isa. >lv. 19. 

Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the Lord are right, and the just 
shall walk therein. Acts y.\\\. 10. 

JUSTICE OF GOD. 

LXXXIV. Justice a&cribcd to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of 
truth v/ithoutini:^,iU':r, jusi and ri;;htis he. 

Neh. ix. 3 3. Tho'.i r.rt just in aii that is brought upon us. Lam. i. 1 8. 



Chap. I. God's Truth, 29 

Job iv. 47. Shall mortal man be more just than God, 

viii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty per- 
vert justice ? 

xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in judgment and in 
plenty of justice. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of hig 
throne, mercy and truth shall go before his face. Ps. xcvii. 2. 

Isa, xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and Saviour. 

Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of 
justice. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof. 

1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins. 

Rev. XV. 3. Just and true are thy ways, O thou King of saints. 
LXXXV. Lijusdce andiniquity denied cQ-ncerning God, Deut. xxxii. 
4. See above. 

2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with the Lord. 

Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God v/ill not do wickedly, neither vrill the 
Almighiy perv-ert judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5. 

god's truth. 

LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod. xxx. 6. The Lord 
God merciful and gracious, abundant in goodness and truth. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, without iniquity, just and right 
is he. 

Ps. XXV. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to 
such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 

Ver. 10. fhy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth 
unto the clouds. 

Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and 
peace. 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, graci- 
ous, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

Ixxxix. 15. Justice and judgment, are the habitation of thy throne, 
mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 

xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with his righteousness, and 
the people with his truth. 

xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward 
the house of Israel. 

c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his trutli 
cndureth to all generations. Ps. cxvii. 2. 

cxivi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever. 

See Gen. xxiv. 27 — xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 5. — cxv. 1. — cxxxviii. 2. 
Numb, xxiii. 19. John vii. 28.--rviii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 8. Rev. iii. 7.-— 
vi. 10. 

LXXXVH. Thingti of God called truth. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word 
of the Lord is right, and ail his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8. 

Dan. iv. o7 . All his vvorks are truth, and his ways judgment. 

Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 
and thy law is ths truth. Ps. xix. 9.— -cxix;. 160. 



30 God\s Faithfulness. Chap. I. 

Isa. XXV. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

Rev. XV. 3. Just and true are thy ways, O thou King of saints. 

LXXXV^III. Lying denied of God. Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not 
a man that he should lie. 

1 Sam. XV. 29. "i he Strength of Israel will not lie. Ps. Ixxxix. od. 

Tit. i.2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18. 

god's faithfulness. 

LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. Deut. vii. 9. He is the faith- 
ful God which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, 
and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. 

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faith- 
fulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

Ixxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto 
thee, or unto thy faithfulness round about thee. Ver. 2. 

Ver. 33. My loving kindness will I not take from him, nor suf- 
fer my faithfulness to fail. Ver. 24. 

cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. Ver. 75. 

cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 

Isa. xlix. The Lord is faithful. 

Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness. 

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful by whom ye were called into the fel- 
lowship of his Son, Jesus Christ. Ch. x. 12. 

1 Thess. V. 24. Faithful is he, that calleth you. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you and 
keep vou from evil. 

2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful. 

Heb. X. 23. He is faithful that hath promised. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. The faithful Creator. 

1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. 

XC. Things of God called faithful. Commands and testimonies. 

Ps. cxix. 13 8. Thy commandments are righteous, and very faith- 
ful. Ver. 86. 

Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are the faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. 
- — xxii. 6. 

Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and 
truth. 

Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful witness. Ch. xix. 11. 

GOD TO BE PRAISED FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS. 

Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. 

Ixxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness. 

Ver. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, and thy 
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy loving kindness every 
iTiorning, and thy faithfulness every night. Ps. Ixxxviii. 11. 
. XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises. Jos. xxi. 45. There 
failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto 
the house of Israel : all came to pass. Ch. xxiii. .14, 15. 1 Kings 
viii. 15, 20, 24. 

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mer- 
cy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the 
days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix. 5. 



Chap. I. God''s Purity — Holiness^ ol 

Acts iii. 18. Those things which God shcAved by the mouth of all 
his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32. 
Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. Ixxxix. 34. 

XCII. Fulfilling threatening^!. Lam. ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled 

his word that he commanded in the days of old, he hath thrown down 

and hath not pitied, he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, 

S^c. See Isa. Ixvi. II. Jer. i. 12. — xxxix. 16. — Ii. 29. Ezek. xii. 25. 

god's purity. 

XCIIL God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than 
his Maker. Ver. 18. 

XV. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens 
are not clean in his sight. 

XXV. 5. Behold to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are 
not pure in his sight. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst 
not look upon iniquity. 

I John iii 3. God is pure. 

Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure. 

Ps. xii. 6. Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5. His word is pure. 
god's holiness. 

XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O 
Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. 

Lev. xi. 44. Ye shall be holy, for 1 the Lord your God am holy. 
Ch. xix. 2. — XX. 26. — xxi. 8. 

Jos. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous God. 

1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord. 

Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of 
Israel. 

xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is holy. Ver. 9. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works. 

Isa. v. 16. God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 

vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is 
full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8. 

Ixiii. 1 5 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation 
of thy holiness, and of thy glory. 

Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his holiness. 

John xvii. 1 1. Holy Father keep through thine own name, those 
whom thou hast given me. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. 

vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not avenge 
our blood on them that dwell on the earth. 

XV. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, 
for thou only art holy, for all nations shall come and worship before 
thee. 

XCV. The same otherwise expressed thus. Job iv. 17. Shall man 
be more pure than his Maker. Ch. ix. 2. 

Ver. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in his servants, and his an- 
gels he chargeth with folly. 

XV. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not 
clean in his sight. 

XXV. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars 
are not pure in his sight. 



32 GgcPs Holiness, Chap, i. 

Job xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do uickedness^ 
and from the Almighty that he should commit irii<[uiiy. 

Ps. V. 4. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, 
neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

Ver. 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight, thou hatest all 
the workers of iniquity. 

Lam. iii. 38, Out of tiic mouth of the Most High, proceedeth not 
evil and good. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst 
iiot look on iniquity. 

Jam. i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he 
any m.an. 

1 John i. 'S. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 

XCVI. God is the holy one by way of eminency* Isa. xliii. 15. I ani 
the Lord your holy one. 

Hab. i. 12. Art not thou from everlasting, O Lord, my holy one. 
See 2 King xix. 2. Isa. xxix. 23.- — xxxvii. 23. — xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. 

T lie holy one of Israel. Ps. Ixxi. 22,. I will praise thee, O thou ho- 
ly one of Israel. Fs. Ixxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4. — rx. 20. — xii. 6. — xvii. 7. 
xxix. 19. — ^xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. XKxix. 7. 

XCVII. Things pertaining to God declared' holy ^ 

His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. Lev. xxii. 
32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. Ivii- 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7. 

Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth on the throne of his holiness. 

Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his holy heaven, with the 
saving strength of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. 

Place. Ps. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, 
Vt^ho shall staiKi in his holy place ? 

Ver. 4. lie that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Ps. xhi. 4. 
Ixviii. 17, 35. 

Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cry'd, God heard me out of his lioly hill. Ps. ii. 
6. — XV. 1. — xliii. 3. — xcix. 9. 

Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, 
from, heaven, and bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jei% xxv. 30. Zech. 
ii. 13. 

Mountain. Isa, xlv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my 
holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9. — Ivi. 7. — Ivii. 13. Ezek. xx. 40. D«eut. 
'ii. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3. 

House. Ps. xclii. 5. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord. 
1 Chr. xxix. 3. 

Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplication, when I 
cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thine holy oracle. 
Isa. xxvii. 13.— Ixiv. 11. 

Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his holy promise. 

Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered his holy covenant. Dan, 
xi. 28, 30. 

La%u. Kom. vii. 12. The law and the commandment is holy, just 
iind good. 

Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. God promised in the holy scriptures. 
2 Tim. iii. 15. 

Calling. 2 Tjm. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us wjth an 
holy calling. 



Chap. I. Goodness of God, 23 

Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To morrow is the rest of the holy Sab- 
bath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. Neh. ix. 14. Isa. Iviii. 13. 

People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy people to the Lord your 
God. Ch. xiv. 2, 21. See Exod. xix. 6. and I Pet. ii. 1. Lev. x. 10, 
Num. XV. 40. 1 Cor. ill. 17. Eph. i. 4. — v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 
15. — il. 5.-2 Pet. iii. 11. 

Prop.hets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the mouth or his holy pro- 
phets. 2 Pet. iii. 2. Rev. xxii. 6. 

Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall be holy unto me. 

Isa, Iii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the vessels oi the JLord. 

Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders done by the holy child Jesus. 
Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10. — Ixxxix. 19. Acts ii. 27.— iii. 14.~xiii. 35. 

Sjiirit. Ps. Ii. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit away, Isa. Ixiii. 10, 1 1. 
Luke xi. 13. Rom. i. 4. Eph. i. 13.— -i v. 30.-1 Thess. iv. 8. 

Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man cometh v/ith his holy an- 
gels. Acts X. 20. Rev. xiv. 10. 

GOODNESS OF GOD. 

XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, 
the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long -suffering-, and abundant 
in goodness and truth. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his 
mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. — vii. 3. Ezr. iii. 1 1. Ps. 
c. 5. — cvi. 1. — cvii. 1. — cxviii. 1, 29. — cxxxa'. 3. — cxxxvi. 1. — cxlv. 
9. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. 

Ps. XXV. 8. Good and upright is the Lord, therefore will ho teach 
sinners in the way. 

xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man 
that trusteth in him. 

Iii. 1. The goodness of God endureth continually. 

Ixxxvi. 5. 1 hou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plen- 
teous ill mercy to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68. 

cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great good- 
ness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 

Zech. ix- 17. How great is his goodness ! how great is his bounty 1 

Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, that is God. Luke 
xviii. 19. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God, leadeth to repentance. 

xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God. 

XCIX, The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxii. 12. The Lord said to 
Jacob, I will surely do thee good. Sec. 

1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren, ye thought evil against me, but 
God meant it for good. 

Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will make all my goodness pass 
before thee. 

Deut. XXX. 9. The Lord will rejoice over thee for good. 

xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good will of him that dv/elt 
in the bush. 

2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast promised this goodness unto 
thy servant. Ver. 29. 

I Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all the goodness the 
Lord had done, for David his servant, and for Israel his people. 



34 Goodness of GocL Chap. 1, 

Ezr. viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that 
seek him. Ver. 18. Ch vii. 9. Nch.ii. 8, 18. 

Neh. V. 19. Think upon me, O my Cod, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. 
ix. 25. Thy people delig-hted themselves in thy great goodness. 
Job ii. 10. Shall Ave receive good at the hand of God, and shall we 
not receive evil ? 

Ps. iv. 6. Many say, who will shew us any good, Lord lift thou up 
the light of thy countenance upon us. 

Ps. xxi. 3. Thou preventest, with the blessings of thy goodness, 
xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my 
life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord foi- ever. 

XXV. 7. According to thy mercy, remember me for thy goodness 
sake. 

xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had believed, to see the goodness 
of the Lord, in the land of the living. 

xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord, 
xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good thing. 
Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even 
of thy holy temple. 

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is good. 
Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart. 
Ixxxiv. 1 1. The Lord God is a sun and shield, he will give grace 
and glory, no good thing will he with-hold from them that walk up- 
rightly. 

Ixxxvi. 17. Shev/ me a token for good. 

ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who satisfieth thy mouth with 
good things. 

cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord, for his goodness, and 
for his wonderful works to the children of m^en. Ver. 15, 21, 31. 
cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good, 
cxiiii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness- 
cxliv. 2, The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high 
tov.^er, &c. 

Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kindness of the Lord, and 
the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestow- 
ed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which 
he hath bestowed on them. 

Jer. xxiv. 5. I sent them captives out of this place, for their good, 
Ver. 6. 1 will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will build 
them., and plant them. 

xxix. 32. The wicked 6hall not behold the good that I will do for 
my people. 

xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and 
shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for 
wine, &c. 

Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the 
Lord. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they 
may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children 
after them. 

Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people all the good that I have 
promised. 



Chap* L I\Iercy of Godi 35 

Jer. xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall hear the good that 
I do unto my people, and they shall fear and tremble for all the good- 
ness, and for all the prosperity. 

Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will per- 
form that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Is- 
rael. See Jos. xxi. 45. — xxiii. 14 — xxiv. 20. and 1 Kings viii. 56. 

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear the Lord, and his 
goodness, in the latter days. 

Mat. vii. 11. If ye being evil, know how to give good gifts to your 
children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give 
good things to them that ask him. 

XX. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am good. 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things. 

ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace and good 
will towards men. 

xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure, to give you the king- 
dom. 

Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without witness, in that he did 
good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 
28.— -Ixviii 10. — Ixxxv. 12. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love 
God, to them that are the called according to his purpose. 

Jam. i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, 
and cometh down from the Father of lights. 

MERCY OF GOD. 

Co God is merciful, Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and 
gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

Ver. 7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, trans- 
gression and sin. 

Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long suffering, and of great mercy, 
forgiving iniquity. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and mer- 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Ver. 19, 27, 28, 31. 

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy. Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faith- 
fulness reacheth vinto the clouds. 

Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth reach- 
eth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4. 

Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy. 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassijan, and gra- 
cious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. 

c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth en* 
du;'eth to all generations. 

ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plen- 
teous in mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. 

cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous, yea, our God is mer' 
.-iful. 

cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14, 

cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever. 

Ps. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slowt?) 
dinger? and of great mercy. 

E 



^t> Mercy of God. Chap. I, 

Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenes- 
ses though we have rebelled against him. 

Lam. iii. 22. Jt is of the Lords mercies, that we are not consum- 
ed, because his compassions fail not. 

Ver. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion ac- 
cording to the multitude of his mercies. 

Joiiah iv. 2. 1 hou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to an- 
ger and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 

Mie. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniqui- 
ty, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ? 
he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 

2 Cor. i. 3 The Father of mercies, and God of all comfort. 

Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. 

Jam. ii. J 3. Mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 

\'. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 

CL Mercy prow.hed, Ps. v. 7. I will come unto thy house, in the 
Multitude of thy mercy. 

Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy, and his truth. 

lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. 

Ps Ixxxix. 2. Mercy shall be built for ever, thy faithfulness shalt 
thou establish in the heavens. 

Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. 

cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion. 

Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will choose 
israeL 

XXX. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious 
unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy 
upon you. 

liv. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great 
mercies will I gather thee. 

Ver. 8. in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, 
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the 
Lord thy Redeemer. 

Ver. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, 
but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the cove- 
nant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 

xlii. 2 1 . The Lord is well pleased for his mercies sake, he will mag- 
nify the law, and make it honourable. 

Isa. Iv. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the 
sure mercies of David. 

xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them, shall lead them, even by 
the springs of water, shall he guide them. 

Ix. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had 
mercy on thee. 

Jer. XXX. 18. I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and 
will have mercy on his dv.^elling places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 
25. Hos. i. 7.— xii. 23. 

xlii. 21. I will shew mercies unto you, that the king of Babylon 
raay have mercy upon you> and cause you to return to your own land. 



Chap. I. Mercy of God. 3/ 

Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief, yet will he have com- 
passion according to the multitude of his mercies. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in 
judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. 

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth unto Jacob, and the mer- 
cy unto Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers. 

Zech. i. 1 6. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem, with 
mercies. 

X. 16 I will bring them again to this place, for I have mercy upon 
them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. 

Rom. ix. 15. 1 will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. Exod. 
xxxix. 19. 

Ver. 1 6. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but 
«f God that sheweth mercy. 

CIL Persons to nvhom mercy is promised, Mercy is promised to the 
obedient. See the following texts on promises to the obedient. Exod. 
XX. 6. Deut. V. 10, — xiii. 17, !8. Ps. xxv. 10, To the peni:ent. 
See in promises to conversion, or turning to God, the following texts. 
2Chron. xxx. 9. Prov. xxviii. 13. Isa.lv, 7. Jer. iii. 12. x i. 19,20. 

To them that fear God. See in promises to them that fear God the 
following texts. Ps. ciii. U, 13, 17. Luke i. 50, 

To them that love God. See in promises to loving God, the following 
texts. Exod. XX. 6. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. 'jude ver, 21. 

To them that trust in God. See in promises to them that trust in 
God, the following texts. Ps. xxxii. 10.— xxxiii. 22. 

CIII, Mercy fir ay ed for Numb. vi. 24. On this wise the priests 
shall bless (or pray for) the people. The Lord bless thee and keep thee. 

Ver. 25. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious 
unto thee. 

Ver. 26. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 

xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, accord- 
ing to the greatness of thy mercy. 

Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed. 

Neh. xiii. 22. Remember me, O my God, and spare me according 
to the greatness of thy mercy. 

Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 

vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak, O Lord^ 
heal me. 

Ver. 4. O save me for thy mercies sake. Ps. xxx. 10. — =lxix. 15, 
14, 16, 17. — Ivii. 1. — ^xliv. 26. — Ivi. 1.— cxxiii. 3. 

ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, consider my trouble. 

xxv. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving 
kindnesses, for they have been ever of old. Ps. Ixxxvi. 6. 

Ver. 7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgres- 
sions : according to thy mercy remember thou me. 

Ver. 16. For thy goodness sake, O Lord, turn thee unto me, and 
have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. Ps. IaxxvI. i6. 

xxvi. 11. I will walk in mine integrity, redeem me, and be mer- 
ciful unto me. 



40 Mercy of God, Chap. I. 

Isa. i. 18. Though your sms be as scarlet or crimson, they shall 
be as snow, or as wool. 

xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant shall not say I am sick, the people that 
dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity. 

xliii. 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, for 
mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 

xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and 
as a cloud, thy sins. 

Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
his thoughts, end let him return unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him, and to our God for he will abundantly pardon. See 
promises to repentance, and turning to God. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I 
will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I am merciful, saith 
the Lord, I will not keep anger for ever. 

Verr. 22. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your 
backslidings. 

xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they 
have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby 
they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 

1. 20. In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity 
of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none ; and the sins 
of Judah, and they shall not be found ; for I will pardon them. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 1 5. If the wicked restore the pledge, give again 
that he hath robbed, walk in statutes of life, none of his sins that 
he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him, he shall surely live. 

Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up Ephraim ? how shall I deliver 
thee Israel ? Sec. 

Ver. 9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not 
return to destroy Ephraim, for I aiu God and not man. 

xiv. 4. I will heal their backslidings, 1 will love them freely, for 
mine anger is turned away. 

Matt. >:ii 31. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven 
unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 32. Whosoever shall speak a word against the son of man 
it shall be forgiven him. 

Heb. X. 17. Their sins and their iniquity will I remember no 
inore. Ch. viii. 12. Jer. xxxi. 34. 

CVII. Pardon and forgiveness j[irayed for, Exod. xxxii. 31, 32, 
Moses said, this people have sinned a great sin. Yet now, if thou 
wilt, forgive their sin, if not, blot me out of thy book which thou 
hast written. 

xxxiv. 9. O Lord, pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us 
for thine inheritance. 

Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, 
according to the greatness of thy mercy. Ver. 20. 

1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for forgiveness to the people. 

'-2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon every one, &c. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thor 
preserver of men. 

Ver. 2 1 . Why dost thou not pardon my transgression ? 



Chap. I. God is compassionate, 41 

Ps. XXV. 18. Look upon mine affliction and iny pain, and forgive 
all my sins. Ver. 11, Ps.x xxi. 3. 

Dan. ix. 19. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, hearken and do, defer 
not for thine own sake, O my God. 

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech thee. 

Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father forgive them, for they know 
not what they do. 

Acts viii. 22. Peter said to Simon Magus, repent and pray God, 
if perhaps the thoughts of thine heart may be forgiven thee. See 
Naaman's prayer. 2 Kings v. 18. Hezekiah's prayer. 2 Chron. xxxo 
18, 19. 

GOD IS COMPASSIONATE. 

CVIII. Comfiassion ascribed to God. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O 
Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious : long-suffering, 
and plenteous in mercy and truth. * 

Ps. cxiv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to 
anger and of great mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. — cxii. 4. 

God excited comfiassion toward his fie o file in the hearts of their enc" 
mies. Ps. cvi. 46 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CIX. Comfiassion to nvhom fir omised. Deut. xxx. ii. When thou 
shalt return unto the Lord thy God and shalt obey his voice ; 

Ver. 3. Then the Lord will return thy captivity, and have com- 
passion on thee. 1 Ch. xiii. 17. 

Jer. xii. 15. After I have plucked them out, I will return and have 
compassion on them, and will bring them again every man to his 
heritage, and to his land. 

Lam. iii. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion 
according to the multitude of his mercies. 

Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, who pardoneth iniqui= 
ty, 8cc. 

Ver. 19. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us, he 
will subdue our iniquities, and thou wilt cast all their sins into the 
depths of the sea. 

Rom. ix. 15. I will have compassion on whom I will have com- 
passion. Exod xxxiii. 19. 

ex. Instances of comfiassion excited. 2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord 
was gracious unto Israel, and had compassion on them, when they 
%vere oppressed by enemies, 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of their fathers sent to them 
by his messengers, rising up betimes and sending, because he had 
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place. 

Ps. Ixxviii. 38. He being full of compassion forgave their iniqui- 
ty and destroyed them not, yea, many times turned he his anger awayj 
and did not stir up his wrath. 

Lam. iii. 32. It is of the Lord's mercies that v/e are not consum- 
ed, because his compassions fail not. 

Matt, xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant moved with compassioDj 
forgave him the debt. 

Mark v. 19 , Jesus said to the man out of whom he had cast a deviU 



4x> God pitlcth — Long siiff^ering of God. Chap. I< 

go tell how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had 
compassion on thee. 

Luke XV. 20. The Father saw the prodigal son returning, and had 
compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 

God excited coni.passion toiuards his peo file .^ in the hearts of their ene- 
mies. Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CXL Compassion ascribed to Christ. Instances in which it was exci- 
ted. Matt. ix. 36. At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep with- 
out a shepherd. Mark vi. 34. 
. xiv. 14. At seeing a multitude of sick persons whom he healed. 

XV. 32. At seeing a multitude without bread, whom he fed. Mark 
viii. 3. 

XX. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he opened. 

Mark i. 41. At seeing a leper, whom he healed. 

ix. 22, 25. At seeing a child possessed of a dumb spirit whom he 
cast out. 

Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief, whose son he restored 
to life. 

GOD PITIETH. 

CXn. God hath pity on his people, Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father 
pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and his pity, he redeemed his people, and 
he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 21.1 had pity for mine holy name, which the house 
of Israel had profaned among the heathen. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his land and pity his peo- 
ple. 

Jam. V. 1 1. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

CXIII. God will not pity the wicked. Ezek. v. 6. She hath changed 
my judgments unto wickedness, they have refused my judgments 
and statutes, and have not walked in them. 

Ver. 1 1 . I will not spare, neither will mme eyes pity. Ch. vii. 49, 
—viii. 18 i::. 10. 

Ver. 13. I will cause my fury to rest upon them. 

Jer. xiii. 10. This evil people refuse to hear my words, and I will 
not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy upon them, but destroy them, 
saith the Lord. Zech. xi. 5. 

LOXG-SUFFERING OF GOD, FORBEARANCE.. 

CXIV. Long suffering ascribed to God. Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou 
the riches of his goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering, not 
knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. 

ix. 22. God endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath 
fitted to destruction. 

Ver. 23. That he might make known the riches of his glory, on 
the vessels of mercy which he had afore prepared unto glory., 

1 Pet. iii. 20. The long suffering of God waited in the days of 
Noah, while the ark was preparing. 

2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long suffering to us-ward, not willing 
?4^iat any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

Ver. 15. The long suffering of our Lord is salvation. 



Chap. I. Kindness of God. 43 

I Tim. i. 16. I obtained mercy, that in me Christ might shew 
all long- suffering for a pattern to them v/hich should hereafter be- 
lieve on him to life everlasting. See Numb. xiv. 18. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. 

CXV. Forbearance ascribed to God. Numb. xiv. 27. The Lord said, 
how long shall I bear this evil congregation which murmur against me. 

Neh. ix. 30. Many years didst thou forbear them. 

Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord would no longer forbear, because of the 
evil of their doings. 

Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge his own elect, though .he 
bear long. 

KINDNESS OF GOD. 

CXVL Kindness ascribed to God^ firomised and exercised torcarde 
his fieofile. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and mer- 
ciful, slov/ to anger, and of great kindness. 

Ps. xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God, there- 
fore the sons of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 

xlii. 8. The Lord will command his loving kindness in the day 
time, and in the night, his song shall be with me, and my prayer to 
the God of my salvation. 

Ixxxix. 33. My loving kindness v/ill I not utterly take from him, 
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

cvii. 43. The v/ise, they shall understand the loving kindness of 
the Lord. 

cxvii. 2. His marvellous kindness is great tov^'^ard us. 

Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee, for a moment, 
but with everlasting kindness, will I have mercy on thee. 

Ver. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but 
my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall tlic covenan'. 
of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness and 
judgment, and righteousness in the earth, foi' in these things i 
delight, saith the Lord. 

xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore wit' > 
loving kindness have I drawn thee. 

xxxii. 18. Thou showest loving kindness unto thousands. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee imto me in righteousnes?, and in, 
judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. 

Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is gracious and mercifal, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the Evil. 

Luke vi. 35. God is kind unto the unthankful, and to the evil. 

Eph. ii. 6. God hath raised us up, and made U5 sit together i". 
heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 7. That in the ages to con:ie, he might shcr/ the exceedinp: 
riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus, 

Tit. iii. 4. The kindness of God our Saviour tov/ards men, appear- 
ed, not by works of righteousness Vvhich we have done, but accordi'iK; 
to his mercy he saved us, &c. 

CXVII. Kindness jirayed for. Gen. xxiv. 12. Abraham's servant 
prayed, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pra- th 
send nie good speed and shew kindness tQ rov master. 



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4x> God pitleth — Long suffering of God, Chap. L 

go tell how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had 
compassion on thee. 

Luke XV. 20. The Father saw the prodigal son returning, and had 
compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 

God excited conijuission towards his /leo file ^ in the hearts of their ene- 
mies* Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CXL Compassion ascribed to Christ. Instances in which it was exci- 
ted. Matt. ix. 36. At seeing the multitude scattered as sheep with- 
out a shepherd. Mark vi. 34. 
. xiv. 14. At seeing a multitude of sick persons whom he healed. 

XV. 32. At seeing a multitude without bread, whom he fed. Mark 
viii. 3. 

XX. 34. At seeing blind men, whose eyes he opened. 

Mark i. 41. At seeing a leper, whom he healed. 

ix. 22, 25. At seeing a child possessed of a dumb spirit whom he 
cast out. 

Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's grief, whose son he restored 
to life. 

GOD PITIETM. 

CXIL God hath pity on his people, Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a father 
pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and his pity, he redeemed his people, and 
he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 21.1 had pity for mine holy name, which the house 
of Israel had profaned among the heathen. 

Joel ii. 1 8. The Lord will be jealous for his land and pity his peo- 
ple. 

Jam. V. 1 1. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

C^IW, God will not pity the wicked. Ezek. v. 6. She hath changed 
my judgments unto wickedness, they have refused my judgments 
and statutes, and have not walked in them. 

Ver. 11 . I will not spare, neither will mine eyes pity. Ch. vii. 49, 
— viii. 18. — i::. 10. 

Ver. 13. I will cause my fury to rest upon them. 

Jer. xiii. 10. This evil people refuse to hear my words, and I will 
not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy upon them, but destroy them, 
saith the Lord. Zech. xi. 5. 

LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, FORBEARANCE, 

CXIV. Long suffering ascribed to God. Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou 
the riches of his goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering, not. 
knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. 

ix. 22. God endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath 
fitted to destruction. 

Ver. 23. That he might make known the riches of his glory, on 
the vessels of mercy which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

1 Pet. iii. 20. The long suffering of God waited in the days oi 
Noah, while the ark was preparing. 

2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long suffering to us-ward, not willing 
t|iat any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

Ver. 15. The long suffering of our Lord is salvation. 



Chap. I. Kindness of God. 43 

1 Tim. i. 16. I obtained mercy, that in me Christ might shevr 
all long- suffering for a pattern to them which should hereafter be- 
lieve on him to life everlasting. See Numb. xiv. 18. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. 

CXV. Forbearance ascribed to God. Numb. xiv. 27. The Lord said, 
how long shall I bear thisevil congregatioji which murmur against me. 

Neh. ix= 30. Many years didst thou forbear them. 

Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord would no longer forbear, because of the 
evil of their doings. 

Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge his own elect, though .he 
bear long. 

KINDNESS OF GOD. 

CXVL Kindness ascribed to God^ firomised and exercised to-varde 
his fieofile, 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and mer- 
ciful, slov/ to anger, and of great kindness. 

Ps. xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God, there- 
fore the sons of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 

xlii. 8. The Lord will command his loving kindness in the day 
time, and in the night, his song shall be with m.e, and my prayer to 
the God of my salvation. 

Ixxxix. 2>o. My loving kindness v/ill I not utterly take from him, 
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

cvii. 43. The v/ise, they shall understand the loving kindness oi' 
the Lord. 

cxvii. 2. His marvellous kindness is great tovv^ard us. 

Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee, for a moment, 
but with everlasting kindness, will I have mercy on thee. 

Ver. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, bu>; 
my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant 
of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness and 
judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things i 
delight, saith the Lord. 

xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore wit r? 
loving kindness have I drawn thee. 

xxxii. 18. Thou showest loving kindness unto thousands. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and ia 
judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. 

Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, aiid repenteth him of the EvlL 

Luke vi. 35. God is kind imto the unthankful, and to the evil. 

Eph. ii. 6. God hath raised us up, and made us sit together in 
heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 7. That in the ages to conie, he might shew the exceedinc: 
riches of his grace, in his kindness toward us, through C'hrist Jesus ^ 

Tit. iii. 4. The kindness of God our Sa.Yiour tov/ards men, appear- 
ed, not by works of righteousness v/hich we have done, but accordinp: 
to his mercy he saved us, &c. 

CXVII. Kindness jirayed for. Gen. xsiv. 12. Abraham's servant 
prayed, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I prav thee 
i>end me good speed and ,^Kew kindness to mv mr^ster. 



-t4< Grace of God. Chap. L 

Ruth i. 8. Naoini said, the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have 
-dealt with the dead, and with me. 

2 Sam. ii. 6. David said, the Loi^d shew kindness and truth unto you. 

Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that 
avest by thy right hand them that put their trust in thee. 

XXV. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving 
kindnesses, for they have been ever of old. 

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know 
"hee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 

xl. 1 1 .Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 

li. i. Have mercy upon me,0 God, according to thy loving kindness. 

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness, turn to me 
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 

Ixxxviii. 1 1. Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave, 
or thy faithfulness in destruction. 

Ixxxix. 49. Lord, where are thy loving kindnesses ? 

cxix. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness, be for my com- 
fort, according to thy word. 

Ps. cxix. 88. Quicken me after thy loving kindness, so shall I keep 
the testimonies of thy mouth. Ver. 149, 159. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, 
for in thee do I trust. 

CXVHL Thanks for God's kindness* Ps. xxvi. 3. Thy loving kind- 
ness is before mine eyes, and 1 have walked in thy truth. 

xxxi. 2 1 . Blessed bfe the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvel- 
lous kindness. 

xl. 10. I have not concealed thy loving kindness, and thy truth. 

xlviii. 9. We have thought of thy loving kindness, O God, in the 
midst of thy temple. 

Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips 
-hall praise thee. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew forth thy loving kindness in the 
riornmg, and thy faithfulness every night. 

ciii. 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who crowneththee with loving 
kindness, and tender mercies. 

cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy holy ternple, and praise thy 
Bame, for thy loving kindness and for thy truth, for thou hast mag- 
nified thy word above all thy name. 

Isa* Ixii. 7. I will mention the loving kindness of the Lord, and the 
praises of the Lord, according to all that he hath bestowed on us, and 
'h 5 great goodness he hath bestowed, &.c. 

GRACE, OF GOD. 

CXIX. God is gracious* Gen. vi. 8. Noah found grace in the eyes 
of the Lord, Moses found grace. Exod. xxxiii. 12, 13, 16. 

Exod. xxii. 27. The Lord said, when the poor crieth, I will hear^ 
for I am gmcious. 

xxMiii. 19. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I 
will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. 

xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, 
and abundant in goodness and truth. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious unto Israel, (in their dis- 



Chap, h Grace of God, 4;> 

tress) and had compassion on them, and had respect mito them, be- 
cause of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not 
destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence. 

Ezra ix. 8. For a little space, grace hath been shewed from the 
I^ord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to leave us a 
nail in his holj^ place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give 
us a reviving. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious, merciful, 
-slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest not thy people 

• Ps. Ixxvii. 9. Hath God forgotten to be gracious. 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gic.- 
cious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and truth. Ps. ciii. 8. 
— cxi. 4. — cxii. 4 — cxvi. 5. — cxlv. 8.- Joel ii. 13. 

Isa. XXX. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gia-^ 
cious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he may have 
mercy upon you. 

Ver. 19. He will be gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry. 
when he heareth it he will answer thee. 

Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, 
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. See Amos v. 5. 
Zech. iv. 7. Grace, grace. 

CXX. God''s throne is a throne of grace. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come 
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 

CXXL God's Sjiirit is a S/iirit of grace. Heb. x. 29. The Spirit of 
grace. 

Zech. xii. 10. The Spirit of grace, and supplication. 

CXXII. Christ is gracious* Luke iv. 32. Gracious words proceed- 
ed out of his mouth. 

John i. 14. He was full of grace and truth. 

Ver. 16. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 

Acts XV. 11. We believe that through the grace of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ we shall be saved. 

Rom. xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 
1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil. iv. 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 18. 

2 Cor. viii. 9. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye throigh 
his poverty might be rich. 

Eph. i. 7. We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of his grace. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If so be ye have tasted, that the Lord is graciou: . 
CXXIII. The grace of God in the (economy of man's salvatior. In 

election. 

Rom. xi. 5. There is a remnant according to the election c: ^ ^ ice. 

Ver. 6. And if by grace, then it is no more of works, oth .ise 
grace is no more grace. 

CXXIV. Calling is of grace. Gal. i. 1 5. God who separated o: -om 

my mother's womb, called me by his grace to reveal his S. q ae. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an ho y Jing, 
not according to our works, but according to his own p .-7 , and 
•grace, Avhich was given us in Christ Jesus, before the wjrL , ,^^xy. 



•i(5 Grace of God, Chap. I. 

1 Pet. V. 10. The God of all grace who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make you perfect, stable, strengthen 
and settle you. 

CXXV. Ju8tiJicatio7i is of grace. Rom. iii. 24. Being justified free- 
ly by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ. 

Gal. ii. 20. I do not frustrate the grace of God, if righteousness 
came by the law, then is Christ dead in vain. 

V. 4. Christ is become of none aflect to you, whosoever of you are 
justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace. See Rom. v. 15, 17, 
20, 21. 

CXXVI. Pardon of sin is through grace, Eph. i. 7. In Christ we 
have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sin, according 
to the riches of his grace. 

CXXVII. Adojitioji through grace. Eph.i. 5. God having predes- 
tinated us to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, to himself, ac- 
cording to the good pleasure of his will. 

Ver. 6, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath 
made us accepted in the beloved. 

CXXVIII. Sanctifying grace or sanctif cation through grace. Ps, 
Ixxxiv. 1 1. The Lord God is a sun and shield, the Lord will give grace 
and glory, and no good thing v/ill he v*dth-hold from them that walk 
uprightly. 

Prov. iii. 24. He scorneth the seorners, but giveth grace to the 
lowly. 

Jam. iv. 16. He resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 
2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all grace abound toward you, 
that ye always having sufficiency in all things may abound to every 
good work. Ver. 14. 

xii. 9. The Lord said, my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength 
is inade perfect in weakness. 

CXXIX. The gos/iel is of grace given, John i. 17. The law was 
given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

Acts xiii. 43. Paul and Barnabas exhorted Christians to continue 
in the grace of God. 

xiv. 3. The Lord gave testimony to the word of his grace, and 
granted signs and wonders to be done in confirmation of it. 
XX. 24. I testify the gospel of the grace of God. 
Ver. 32. I recommend you to God, and to the word of his grace, 
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among 
all them that are sanctified. 

Rom. V. 2. By Jesus Christ we have access by faith, into this 
grace, wherein we stand and rejoice, in hope of the glory of God. 

vi. 14. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under 
the law, but under grace. Ver. 15. 

2 Cor. vi, 1. We beseech you, that ye receive not the grace of 
God in vain. 

viii. 1. We do you to wit, (we make known to you) of the grace 
of God bestowed on the churches. 

Gal. i. 6. I m.arvel that ye are so soon removed from him, thaf 
called you unto the grace of Christ. 

Phil. i. 7. Yc are all partakers of my grace. 



Chap. I. Grace of God, 47 

Col. i. 6. The gospel bringeth forth fruit m you, since the day ye 
heard of it, and knev/ the grace of God. 

Tit. ii. 1 1 . The grace of God that bringeth salvation, hath ap- 
peared unto all men. 

\"er. 12. Teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, 
y/e should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. 

Ver. 13. Looking for the blessed hope, Sec. 

Heb. xii. 15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of 
God. 

I Pet. i. 10. The prophets prophesied of the grace that should 
come unto you. 

V. 12. This is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 

Jude ver. 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God into lascivious- 
ness. 

CXXX. Giving alms called grace. 2 Cor. iv. 15 viii. 6, 7, 19. 

CXXXI. Ministerial abilities for fiuhUshing the gosjiel are of grace- 

Acts xiv. 26. The apostles had been recommended to the grace 
of God, for the work of the ministry which they fuliilled. Ch. xv. 40. 

Rom. i- 5. By whom (Christ) v/e have received grace and apostle- 
ship, for obedience to the faith among all nations. 

xii. 3. I say through the grace given unto me, to every man that is 
among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. 

Ver. 6. Having gifts differing, according to the grace that is given 
to us, let us exercise them, &c. 1 Pet. iv. 7, 10. 

XV. 15. I have written the more boldly unto you, because of the 
grace that is given to me of God. 

Ver. 16. That I should be a minister. 

1 Cor. iii. 10. According to the grace of God given unto me, as a 
wise master builder, I have laid the foundation. 

Gal. ii. 9. When the brethren perceived the grace of God given 
unto me, they gave the right hand of fellovvship. See Eph. iii. 2, 7, 8. 

CXXXII. The effects of the gospel in a sanctified nature andpritctice^ 
called grace. Acts iv. 33. Great grace was upon them all. % 

xi. 23. When Barnabas had seen the grace of God, he was glad, 
and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart, they would cleave 
unto the Lord. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace 
of God, which is given you by Jesus Christ. 

XV. 10. By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace which 
was bestowed on me was not in vain, but I laboured more abun- 
dantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God which was with 
me. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, 
that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but 
by the grace of God we had our conversation in the world. 

1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord v/as exceeding abundant, with 
faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grov/ in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving: a knis'dom that cannot he 



43 Grace cf Cod. Chap. I, 

moved, let \is have grace vrhereby we may serve God, acceptably 
with reverence and godly fear. 

Heb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with diverse and strange doc- 
trines, for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace. 

CXXXIII. Imt/i through grace. Acts xviil. 27. Apollos helped 
them much who had believed through grace. 

CXXXIV. Hope through grace. 2 Thes.ii. 16. Now the Lord Jesus 
Christ Jiimself, and God even our father, vrhich hath loved us, and hath. 
given us everlasting consolation and good hope, through grace, 

Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good 
word and work. 

CXXXV. Prayer and praise through grace. Zech. xii. 10. I will 
pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem^ 
ilip Spirit of grace and supplication. 

Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your hearts. 

CXXXVI. SalvatLQ-n is of grace. Eph. ii. 5, 7. When we were dead 
in sins, he hath quickened us, together with Christ, (by grace ye are 
saved ; ) That in ages to come, he might shew the exceeding riches 
of his grace, in his kindness towards us, through Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 8. For by grace ye are saved through faith, and that not of 
yourselves, it is the gift of God. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, did taste death for 
every man. 

1 Pet, i. 13. Be sober, and hope unto the end, for the grace that 
13 to be bix)ught unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

iii. 7. Husbands and wives live together, as being heirs of the 
grace of life. 

CXXXVn. Grace prayed for. Gen. xliii. 29. Joseph said to Ben- 
jamin, God be gracious unto thee my son. 

Numb. vi. 25, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel. 

Ver. 24. The Lord bless thee and keep thee. 

Ver. 25. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gra- 
cious unto thee, 

Ver. 26. And lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee 
peace. 

Ps. cxi<. 29. Grant me thy iav»^ graciously. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. Lord be gracious unto us, we have waited for 
thee. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take avray all iniquity, receive us graciously. 

Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be gracious unto us. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. 
Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess.'i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. Philem. ver. 3. 

2 Cor. xiii, 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
!ove of (jod, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
alL Amen. 

Gal. vi. 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be v/ith your 
^^pirit. Rev. xxii. 21. 

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be witli all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ 
u\ sincerily. Amen. 



CiiAP. I. God^s Favour* 4^ 

Col. iv. 18. Grace be with you. 2 Tim. iv. 22. Til. iii. 15. Heb, 
xiii. 25. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy and peace, frora God our Father and 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 i im. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 

vi. 21. Grace be with thee. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be multiplied. 2 Pet. i. 2. 

Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace from him which is, and 
which was, and which is to come. 

god's favour. 

CXXXVIII. God's favour. 2 Sam. xv. 25. David said, if I have 
found favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and 
shew me both the ark and his habitation. 

Job X. 12. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visita- 
tion hath preserved my spirit. 

xxxiii. 26. The penetent shall pray unto God and he will be fa- 
vourable unto him, and he shall see his face with joy, for he will ren- 
der unto every man his righteousness. 

Ps. V. 12. Thou Lord, wilt bless the righteous, with favour wilt 
compass him about, as with a shield. 

XXX. 5. In his favour is life. 

Ver. 7. Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand 
strona:. 

xli. 1 1. By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine ene- 
my doth not triumph over me. 

xliv. 3. Thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thyxoun- 
tenance, saved them, because thou hacst a favour for them. 

Ixxvii. 7. Will the Lord cast off for ever ? Will he be favourable 
no more ? 

Ixxxv. 1 . Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land, thou hast; 
brought back the captivity of Jacob. 

Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of theh' strength, and in thy fa- 
vour shall our horn be exalted. 

cii. 13. Thou wilt have mercy on Zion, for the time to favour her, 
yea the set time is come. 

cvit 4. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest 
unto thy people. 

cxix. 58. I intreated thy favour with my whole heart, be merciful 
unto me according to thy word. 

Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee. 

Ver. 4. So shalt thou find favour and good underotanding in the 
sight of God and man. 

viii. 35. Whoso findeth wisdom fmdeth life, and shall obtain fa- 
vour of the Lord. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth ft^vour of the Lord, but a man of 
wicked devices v/ill he condemn. ^ 

Song viii. 10. I was in his eyes, as one that found favour. 

Isa. Ix. IQij In my favour have i had mercy on thee. 

Luke i. 23. The angel said to Mary, hail, thou tliat art highly f^'- 
voured, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women* 

Ver. 30, Thou hast found favouj* with God. 



50 houii Blessing, Chap. I. 

Luke ii. ^1- Jesu'j increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour 
with God and man. 

Acts vii. 46. David found favour before God. See 1 Sam. ii. 22. 

CXXXIX. GocTs favour denied to the wicked, Isa. xxvii. 11. It is 
a people of no understanding, therefore he that made them will nc^ 
have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no 
favour. See Jer. xvi. 15. 

CXL. God giveth or ivith-holdeth the fax our of men. Gen. xxxix. 
2 1 . The Lord Avas with Joseph and shewed him mercy, and gave 
him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Acts vii. 10. 

Exod. iii. 2 1 , The Lord said I will give this people favour in the 
sight of the Egyptians. Ch. xi. 3. — xii. 36. 

Dan. i. 9. God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love 
with the prince of the eunuchs. 

CXLI. God with-Jioldethfrom man^ the favour of man. Dent, xxviii. 
49, 50. Jos. xi. 20. Ps. cix. 12. 

CXLIL God is bountiful. Ps. Ixxiii. 6. The Lord hath dealt boun- 
tifully with me. 

cxvi. 7- Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealr. 
bountifully with thee. 

cxix. 17. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live and 
keep thy word. See Ps. cxlii. 7. 

CXLIII. Man ought to be bountiful. Prov. ii. 9. He that hath a 
bovintiiui eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 
Ps. xli. 1. 

2 Cor. ix. 6. He that so v.eth bountifully shall reap bountifully. 
Ver. 5, II. 

god's blessing. 

CXLIV. God biesseih his people. Exod. xx. 24. In all places where,. 
I record my name, I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. 

Numb. vi. 27. They shall put my name upon the children of Is- 
rael, and I will bless them. 

xxii. 12. God said to Balaam, thou shall not curse the people, for 
they are blessed. Ch. xxiii. 20. 

Deut. xxiii. 5. The Lord turned the curse of Balaam into a bless- 
ing, because he loved thee. Neh. xiii. 2. 

x:- vi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and 
bless thy people Israel. 

2 Sam. vii. 29. David prayed and said, O Lord God, with thy 
blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. 1 Chron. 
xvii. 22. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez prayed and said, O that thou wouldst bless 
me indeed, i.nd enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with 
me, and that thou v,ouldst keep me from evil. 

Ps. iii. ^. Thy blessing is upon the people. 

xxviii. 9*. Save thy people and bless thine inheritance, feed them, 
also, and lift them up for ever. Ps. cix. 28. ^ 

xxix. 1 1. The Lord will bless his people with peace.* 

Ixvii. 1. God be merciful t© us aud bless ys, and cause his face to 
chine upon us. 



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Chap. I. Gcd''s Blessing, 5i 

Ps. Ixvii. 7. God shall bless us and all the ends of ihe earth shall 
fear him. 

cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mmdful of us, and he will bless us, 
he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron. 
See Ps cxxviii. 5. — cxxxii. 15. — -cxxxiv. 3. 

CXLV. Persons proncunced blessed^ their graces and ditties. Ps. i. 1. 
Blessed is the man that walketh not in tlie counsel of the ungodly. 

ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him (Christ.) 

V. 12. Thou Lord will bless the righteous, with favour v.ilt thou 
compass him as with a shield. 

xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, &c. 

Ver. 5. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord. 

xxxii. 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin 
is covered. Rom. iv. T. 

Ver. 2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not ini- 
quity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Rom. iv. 7, 8. 

xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man whotrusteth in the Lord. Ps. Ixxxiv. 12. 

xL 4. Blessed is the man who mLketh tae Lord his trust. 

xli. 1,2. Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Prov. xxii. 9* 

Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest and causest to 
approach unto thee,th3.t he mxay dwell in thy courts. 

Ixxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. 

Ver. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose 
heart are thy ways. 

Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound, they 
shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. 

xciv. 12. Blessed is the m.an v/hom thou chastenest, O Lord, and 
teach est him out of thy lavv^. 

cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and liirn that doth 
righteousness at all times. 

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

cxix. 1. Blessed are the undeHled in the way, vrho walk in the 
law of the Lord. 

Ver, 2. Blessed are they that keep God's testimonies, and that 
seek him with their whole heart. 

cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, and walketh 
in his ways. Ver. 4. Ps. cxv. 13. 

Prov. iii. 23. The Lord blesseth the habitation of the just. 

viii. 32. Wisdom ^saith, blessed are they that keep my ways. 

Ver. 34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at 
my gates. 

X. 6. Blessings are upon the head of the just. Isa. xix. 25. 

Ver. 7. The memory of the just is blessed. 

xi. 26. Blessings shall be upon the head of him that selleth corn, 
that is, on him who is good to the poor. 

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he 
giveth of his bread to the poor. 

XX. 7. The just man's children are blessed after him. 

xxviii. 20, A faithful man shall abound with blessings. 

Isa. XXX. 18. Blessed are all that vrait for the Lord. 

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52 God''s Blessing: Chap. I. 

Isa. xxxii. 20. Blessed are they that sow be'side all waters. 

Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting 
it, and keepeth his hand from doing evil. 

Matt. V. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdomi 
of heaven. 

Ver. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. 

Ver. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 

Ver. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righte- 
ousness, for they shall be filled. 

Ver. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 

Ver. S. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. 

Ver. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the 
children of God. 

Ver. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness 
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Ver. 1 1. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute 
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. 
Lukevi. 22. 

xi. 26. Jesus said, blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended 
in me. Luke vii. 23. 

xxiv. 45, 46. Blessed is that faithful and wise servant, whom his 
Lord when he cometh shall find, giving his household their meat in 
due season. Luke xii. 43. 

XXV 34. Christ will say, come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 

XXV. 35. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat. Sec. 

Ver. 40. Ye have done it unto my brethren, ye have done it unto 
me. Compare Luke vi. 20, to 24. atid Matt. xiii. 6. 

Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep 
it. Jam. i. 25. Rev xxii. 14. Deut. xi. 26. — xxx. 19. 

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 
lame and the blind, 

Ver. 14. And thou shalt be blessed. Deut. xv. 10. 

Ver. 15. Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of 
God. 

xii. o7. Blessed are those servants whom their Lord when he 
cometh shall find watching. Ver. 38. 

John XX. 29. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have be- 
lieved. Matt. xvi. 17. — xiii. 16. Blessed are your eyes for they see, 
and your ears for they hear. 

Gal. iii. 9. They which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abra- 
ham. 

Jam. i. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for 
when he is tried he shall receive a crown of life. 

Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words 
of this prophesy, and keep those things that are written therein. 

xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the I^ord. 

xvi. 15. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, 
least he walk naked, and they see his shame. 

xix. 9. Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of 
the Lamb. 



Chap. I. God'*s Blessing. 53 



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Rev. XX. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath pa^^t in the first re- 
surrection. 

CXL VI. God's blessing firomised by ivay of covenant, or covenant 
blessings. 

Deut. vii. 9 . He keepeth covenant a^d mercy with them that love 
him and keep his commandments, to a thousand gene- ations. 

2 Sam. xxiii 5. David said, although my house be not so v/ith 
God, yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in 
all things and sure. 

Ps. XXV. 14. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, 
and he will shew them his covenant. 

Ixxxix. 3. I have made a covenant with my chosen. 

Ver. 28. My covenant shall stand fast with him. 

Ver. 34. My covenant will I not break. 

Isa. xlii. 6. I will give thee (Christ) for a covenant of the people, 
for a light of the Gentiles. Ch. xlix. 8. — Iv. 4. 

Uv. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but 
my kindness shall never depart from thee, neither shall my covenant 
of peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. 

Iv. 3. Incline your ear and come unto me, hear and your souls 
shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even 
the sure mercies of David. 

Jer. xxxi. o'3. This shall be the covenant that I will make with 
the house of Israel, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward 
parts and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they 
siiall be my people. Heb. viii. 10. 

xxxii. 40. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I 
will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my 
fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Ver. 38> 

xxxiii. 20. Thus saith the Lord, if you can break my covenant of 
the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be 
day and night in their season ; 

Ver. 21. Then may also my covenant be broken with David my 
servant, and that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne, 
and with the Levites the priests my ministers. Ver. 25, 26. 

1. 5. They shall say, come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord, 
in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and I will put a new 
spirit within you, and I will take the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and will give them an heart of flesh. Jer. xxiv. 7. 

Ver. 20. That they may walk in my statutes and keep mine ordi- 
nances and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their 
God. 

xvi. 8. When I passed by thee and looked upon thee, behold thy 
time Vi^as a time of love, and 1 spread my skirt over thee and cover- 
ed thy nakedness, yea, I sware unto thee and entered into a cove- 
nant with thee, saith the Lord, and thou becamest mine. 

Ver. 60. I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of 
thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 

Ver. 62. I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt 
know that I am the Lord. 



•54- God's Anger, Chap. I. 

Ezek. XX. o7. I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will 
bring you into the bond of the covenant. 

xxxvi. 25. I v/ill sprinkle clean water upon you. 

Ver. 26. A new heart will I give unto you. 

Ver. 27. I will put my Spirit within you. 

Ver. 28. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 

xxxvii. 26. I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be 
an everlasting covenant with them, and 1 will set my sanctuary in 
the midst of them for evermore. 

Ver. 27. My tabernacle shall be with them, yea, I will be their 
God, and they shall be m.y people. Ver. 23, 24. Chr. xxxiv. 24, 
25, 31. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me for ever, in righteousness, 
in judgment and in loving kindness, and in mercies. 

Ver. 20. I will betroth thee to me in faithfulness, and thou shalt 
know that I am the Lord. Isa. liv. 5. Thy Maker is thine husband. 

A^ew Covenant. Heb. viii. 8. I will make a new covenant with the 
house of Israel. Jer. xxxi. 31, 32, 33, 34. 

xii. 24. Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. 

god's anger. 

CXLVII. Anger ascribed to God. Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God 
ready to pardon, gracious, slow to anger, and of great kindness. See 
Ps. ciii. 8. Joel ii. 13. Nah. i. 3. 

CXLVIII. God's anger threatened against the wicked. Numb, xxxii. 
14. Ye are risen up in your fathers stead, a race of sinful men to 
augment the fierce anger of the Lord, 

Deut. xxix. 19. If one say, I shall have peace, though I walk in 
the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst. 

Ver. 20. The Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the Lord 
and his jealousy, shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that 
ai"e written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot 
out his name from under heaven. 

xxxii. 21. They have moved me to jealousy, they have provoked 
me to anger. 

Ver. 22. A fii'e is kindled in mine anger, that shall burn to the 
lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set 
on fire the foundation of the mountains. 

Job. xxi. 17. God distributeth sorrows in his anger. Ch. ix. 13. 

Ps. vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked every day. Ps. xxxviii. 3, 

Ixxvi. 7. Who may stand in thy sight, when once thou art angry. 
Ps. xc. 7, 11. Nah. i. 6. 

Ixxviii. 41. They tempted God, they remembered not his hand. 

Ver. 49. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, 
and indignation. 

Ver. 50. He made a way for his anger, he spared not their soul 
from death. Isa. v. 24^ 25. See Isa. x. 25 — xiii. 9, 13 — xxx. 27, 30, 
— xiii. 24, 25.— Ixvi. 15. Jer. xviii. 23. — xxv. 38. — xlix. 37. — Ii. 44. 
Lam. ii. 1.- — iii. 43. — iv. 11. Ezek. v. 13.— vii. 3. — xiii. 13. — xxii, 
20, 21. Mic. V. 15. 



Chap. I. God's Wrath, 55 

god's wrath. 

CXLIX. God's ivrath threatened agaiyist sinners. Ezra viii. 22. 
His power and his wrath, is against all that forsake him. 

Job. XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of his wrath, upon the wicked» 
Ch. xxi. 20, 30. Ps. lxi;viii. 49. 

Ps. ii. 12. When his wrath is kindled but a little, blessed are all 
they that put their trust in him. Ps. XC: 7, 9, 11 — cii. 10. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Job xx. 28. 
Ezek. vii. 19. Zeph. i. 18. 

Isa. ix. 19. Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts, is the land 
darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire. Jer. 1. 13. 
—vii. 29. 
" Jer. X. 10. At his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations 
shall not be able to abide his indignation. Hos. v. 10. 

Nah. i. 2. The Lord reserveth wrath for his enemies. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven, against 
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. * 

ii. 8. Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, shall be up- 
on every soul of man, that doth evil. Ver. 5. Ch. iv. 15. — ix. 22. 

Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature children of wrath. 

V. 6. The wrath of God comet h upon the children of disobedience. 
Col. iii. 6. 

Rev. vi. 16. The wicked said to the mountains and rocks fall on 
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and 
from the wrath of the Lamb ; 

Ver. 17. For the great day of his wrathls come, and whg shall 
be able to stand ? See Rev. xiv. 10. — xvi, 19. 

CL. God is wroth. Isa. xlvii. 6. I was wroth with my people, and 
polluted mine inheritance. 

Isa. Ixiv. 5. Behold thou art wroth, for we have sinned. 

Ps. Ix. 1. O Lord thou hast cast us off, thou hast been displeased. 

Prayers. Ps. vi. 1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither 
chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. xxxviii. 1. 

Isa. Ixiv. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember 
iniquity for ever, behold, we are all thy people. 

Promises, Isa. Ivii. 16. I will not contend for ever, neither will I 
be always v/roth, for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls 
that I have made. 

CLI. God's indignation against simiers. Isa. Ixvi* 14. The hand 
of the Lord shall be known towards his servants, and his indignation 
towards his enemies. Ch. xxx. 30. 

Jer. X. 10. At his wrath, the earth shall tremble, and the nations 
shall not be able to abide his indignation. Job xxvi. 11. i'he pillars of 
heaven tremble, and are astonished at his reproof. Ch. ix- 6. He 
shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 
See Nah. i. 5, 6, 8. 

Mic. vii. 9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have 
sinned against him. 

Rom. ii. 8. To those that obey unrighteousness, God will render 
indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of 
man that doth evil. 



56 God'^s Jealousy, Chap. I, 

Heb. X. 27. A fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery indigna- 
tion, which shall devour the adversaries. 

CLII. Fury. Lev. xxvi. 27. If ye will walk contrary to me, 

Ver. 28. Then will I walk contrary to you in fury. 

Job XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon the wicked, 
and shall rain it upon him. 

Isa. lix. 18. Godwin repay fury to his adversaries. Ch. Ixiii. 3. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the 
foreskins of your hearts, lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn 
that none can quench it, because of the evil of you r doings. 

Ezek. v. 1 5. 1 will execute judgments on thee in anger, and in fury, 
and in furious rebukes. Ch. vi. 12. — xxxviii. 18. Nah. i. 2, 6. 

CLIII. Vengeance. Deut. xxxii. 35. To me belongeth vengeance, 
and recompence. Ps. xciv. 1. Heb. x. 30. 

Ver. 41.1 will render vengeance to mine enemies. Ver. 43. 

Rom. iii. 5. The Lord taketh vengeance. Ch. xii. 19. 

2 Thess. i. 8. The Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from hea- 
ven, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, 
and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CLIV. God ablwrreth. Ps. v. 6. The Lord Mill abhor the bloody 
man. 

X. 3. The covetous man the Lord abhorreth. 

CLV. Loathetlu Zech. xi. 8. My soul loathed them. 

Prov. xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome. 

God desfiiseth. Amos v. 21. I hate, I despise your feast-days. 

CLVL God hateth. Ps. v. 5, Thou hatest all the workers of ini- 
quity. Ps. xi. 5. 

Jer. xliv. 8. Do not the abominable thing I hate, (viz.) Sin. 

Hos. ix. 15. I hate them for their wickedness. 

CLVIL The Lord is a terrible God. Deut. vii. 21. The Lord your 
God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. Jer. xx. 11. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible majesty. 

Ps. xlvii. 2. The Lord most high is terrible. Ps. Ixviii. 35. 

Deut. X. 21. He hath done terrible things. 1 Chron xvii. 21. See 
Ps. Ixv. 5. — Ixvi. 3, 5.— cvi. 22. — cxlv. 6. Isa. Ixiv. 3. Joel ii. 1 1. 

CLVIII. Dreadful. Dan. ix. 7. O Lord the great and dreadful God. 

Heb. X. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living 
God. See Job xiii. 11. Isa. viii. 13. Mai. i. 14. 
gqd's jealousy. 

CLIX. God is jealous for his people. Promises, Ezek. xxxix. 25. 
Thus saith the Lord, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob, and 
have m.ercy upon the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous 
for my holy name. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous for his land, and pity his peo- 
ple. 

Zech. i. 14. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I am jealous for Jeru- 
salem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy. Ch. viii. 2. 

God"* s jealousy in threats against sinners, Exod. xx. 5. I the Lord 
your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers up- 
on the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that 
hate me. Ch. ^^xxiv. 14. Deut. iv. 24.— v. 9. — vi. 15. Jos. xxiv. 19. 



Chap. II. Creation* S7 

Numb. XXV. 1 1 . Phineas turned away my wrath, I consumed not 
the children of Israel in my jealousy. 

Deut. xxix. 20. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy, shall 
smoke against the man that promiseth himself peace inhis wickedness. 

Ps. Ixxix. 5. Wilt thou be angry for ever, shall thy jealousy burn 
like a fire ? 

Ezek. xvi. 38. I will judge thee, and give thee blood in fury and 
jealousy. Ver. 41, 42. Ch. xxiii. 25. — xxxvi. 5, 6. — xxxviii. 19. Nah. 
i. 2. Zeph. i. 18.— iii. 8. The wicked provoke God to jealousy. See 
Deut. xxxii. 16. Ps. Ixxviii. 58. 

CLX. Zeal ascribed to God. isa.ix.7. The zeal of the Lord of hosts 
v/ill perform this (viz.) to exalt Christ and promote his kingdom. 

xxxvii. 32. The zeal of the Lord will defend Jerusalem. 

lix. 17. He was clad Avithzeal, as a cloke. See Isa. Ixiii. 15. Ezek 
V. 13 



C H A P. II. 
CREATION. 

I. GOD created all things. See the Wisdom of God. Also, Power 
of God in creation. 

Prov. xxvi. 10. The great God that formed all things. Eccl. iii. 
H. — xi. 5. 

Isa. xliv. 24. I am the Lord that maketh all things. Jer. x. 16. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and hon- 
our, and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure 
they are and were created. 

ir. God created the heavens and the earth. Gen. i. 1. In the begin- 
ning, God created the heavens and the earth. Ch. ii. 4. Exod. xx. 11. 
' — xxxi. 17. 2 Kings xix, 15. 1 Chron. xvi. 26. Ps. xcvi. 5. Isa. 
xxxvii. 16. Heb. i. 10. 

Neh. ix. 6. Thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens^ 
with all their hosts, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, 
and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all, an4 the host or 
heaven v,^orshippeth thee. 

Job ix. 8. He alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon 
the waves of the sea. 

xxxviii. 4. Where w^ast thou when I laid the foundations of the 
earth ? 

Ver. 5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, or who hath stretch- 
ed the line upon it ? 

Ver. 6. Whereupon are the foui:dations thereof fastened, or who 
laid the cornerstone thereof? 

Ver. 7. When the m,orning stars sang together, and all the sons 
of God shouted for joy. 

Ps. xxiv. 2. He hath founded the earth upon the seas, and estab- 
lished it upon the floods. Ps. Ixxviii. 69.— -civ, 5. — cxix. 90, 91.— 
c xxxvi. 6, 



58 Creation, Chap. II. 

Ps; Kxxiii. 6. By ihe word of the Lord were the heavens made, and 
all the hostof theiii, by the breath of his mouth. 

Ixxxix. 1 1. The heeivens are thme, the earth also is thine, as for 
• he world, and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 

civ. 2. Thou stretehest out the heavens like a curtain. Job xxxvii. 
18. Like a molten Icoldng-glass. 

Isa. xl. 28. Pie is the Creator of the ends of the earth. 

Isa. xlii. 5. The I^ord created the heavens and stretched them out, 
he spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it. 

ii. 13. The Lord hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the 
foundations of the earth. Ver. 16. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Vv'crship him that made heaven and earth, and the 
sea, and the fountains of waters. Acts xiv. 15. — xvii. 24. Ps. cxlvi. 6. 

See ivisdcm of Godiii creation. See also poiver of &Gdi7i creation, 

in. Sun and moon created, Gen.i. 16. God made two great lights, 
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the 
night, he made the stars also. Job xxxviii 12, 19, 24. 

Gen. i. 3. God said let there be light, and there was light. Ps. 
Ixxiv. 16, 17. ^ ♦ 

Job ix. 9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and th* 
chambersof the south. Ver. 7. Am.os v- S. 

Ps. viii. 3. When I consider the heavens, the v/ork of thy fingers, 
the moon and the stars, which thou hast orduined. 

Ver. 4. Vv'^hat is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of 
man that thou visitest him. 

xix.-4. In the heavens hath he seta tabernacle for the sun. 

Ps. civ. 19. He ha,th appointed the moon for seasons, and the sun 
knoweth his going down. 

cxlviii. 3. Praise ye him sun, moon and stars, praise him all ye stars 
of light. 

Ver. 5. For he comm.Rnded, and they v/ere created. Ver. 6. 

Jer. xxxi. 35. He giveth the sun fcr a light by day, and the ordi- 
nances 01 the moon and stars for a light by night, which divideth the 
sea, when the waves thereof do roar, the Lord of hosts is his name. 

IV. The sea. Gen. i. 9. Gcd said, let the waters under the heaven 
be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear, and 
it was so. 

Ver. 10. And God called the dry land earth, aiid the gathering to- 
gether of the waters called he seas, and God saw that it was good. 

Job xxvi. 10. He hath compassed the waters vvith bounds, until 
the day and night come to an end. 

xxxviii. 8. Who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth as 
if it had issued out of the womb. 

Ver. 9. I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness 
a swaddling band for it. 

Ver. 10. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and 
doors. 

Ver. 1 1 . And said hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here 
shall thy proud waves be stayed. See ver. 16, 22, 25, 28. 

Ps. xxxiii. 7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an 
heap, andlayeth up the depth in store-houses. 



Chap. II. Creation, 59 

Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his, he made it, his hands formed the dry- 
land. 

civ. 10. He sendeth the springs into the valleys. ' 

Prov. viii. 27. He prepared the heavens, he set a compass upon 
the face of the depth. 

Ver. 28. He established the clouds above, he strengthened the 
fountains of the deep. 

Ver. 29. He gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not 
pass his commandment. 

Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hallow of his 
hand. 

xliii. 16. The Lord maketli a way in the sea, and a path in the 
mighty waters. 

Ver. 20. I give waters in the wilderness', and rivers in the desert. 
Ch. xlviii. 21. 

Jonah i. 9. I fear the Lord God of heaven, which hath made the 
sea, and the dry land. 

Nah. i. 3. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the 
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 

Ver. 4. He rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry, and drieth up all 
the rivers* 

V. Summer and winter. Ps Ixxiv. 1 6. The day is thine, the night 
also is thine, thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 

Ver. 17. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth, thou hast made 
summer and winter. 

VI. Korth and south. Job xxvi. 7. He stretcheth out the north over 
the empty places, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 12. The north and south thou hast created them. 
VH. Clouds. Job xxvi. 8. He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. Ver. 9. 

xxxvi. 29. Can any understand the spreadings of the clouds ? Ver. 
30, 32. See Ps. civ. 3. — cxlvii. 8. Prov. viii. 28. 

Wind, Job. xxviii. 25. He maketh a weight for the winds, and he 
weigheth the waters by measure. Ch. xxxvii. 16. the balancings of 
the clouds. Prov. xxx. 4. Amos iv. 13. 

VIH. Rain. Job xxviii. 26. He made a decree for the rain, and 
a way for the lightning of the thunder. 

Ps. cxxxv. 7 He maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth 
^le wind out of his treasures. Jer. li. 16. 

Jer. X. 13. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of 
waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from 
the ends of the earth, he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth 
forth the wind out of his treasures. Ch. xiv. 22. Ch. li. 16. 

IX. The inhabitants of the sea. Gen. i. 20, God said, let the waters 
bring forth abundantly, the nioving creature that hath life, and fowl 
that may fly above the earth, in the open firmament of heaven. 

Ver. 21. And God created great whales, and every living creature 
that moveth. Which the waters brought forth abundantly after their 
kind ; and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it 
was good. Ps. viii. 8. 

X. The inferior creatures of the dry fand. Gen. i. 24. God said, let 

H 



60 Creation of Mail, Chap. II. 

the earth bring forth the livmg creature after his kind, cattle, and 
creeping things, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. 
Gen. i. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and 
cattle after their kind : and every thing that creepeth upon the earth 
after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

XI. Grass, herbs, and trees. Gen. i. 1 1 . And God, said let the 
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree 
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth : 
and it was so. 

Ver. 12. And the earth brought forth grass and herb, yielding 
seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in 
itself after his kind : and God saw that it was good. Gen. ii. 4, 5. 

CREATION OF MAN. 

XII. His body* Gen. ii. 7. God formed man of the dust of the 
ground. Job xxxiii. 6. 

iii. 19. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Job. x. 9. 

Jobx. 8. Thine hands have made me, and fashioned me together 
roundabout. Ps. cxix. 73.— cxxxviii. 8. 

Ver. 1 1. Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fen- 
ced me with bones and sinews. 

Ps. cxxxix. 14. I am feai'fuUy and wonderfully made. 

Ver. 15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made 
in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

Ver. 16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect^ 
and in thy book all my members are written, which in continuance 
were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 

Acts xvii. 20. He made of one blood all nations that dwell on the 
face of the earth. Job xxxi. 15. . 

XIII. His soul Gen.ii. 7. The Lord breathed into his nostrils the 
breath of life, and man became a living soul. Job x. 12. 

Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of 
the Almighty hath given me life. Isa. xlii. 5. 

Isa4 Ivii. 16. I will not contend for ever, (saith the Lord,) for the 
spirit should fail before me and the souls which I have made. 

Jer. xxxviii. 16. The Lord made us this soul. 

Zech.xii. i. He formeth the spirit of man within him. 

1 Cor. XV. 14. Adam was made a living soul. 1^ 

XIV. Marl's sfiiritual state after his creation. Gen» i. 37. Go<i: 
created man in his own image. Ch. ix. 6. 

V. 1. In the likeness of God made he him. 

Ps. viii. 5. Thou madest man a little lower than the angels, and: 
crowned him with glory and honour. Heb. ii. 7. 

Ver. 6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy 
hands. 

Eccl. vii. 29. God made man upright. 

Jam. iii: 9. Men are made after the similitude of God. 

Col. iii. 10. The new man is renewed in knowledge, after the image 
of him that created him. 



Chap. II. Angels^ 61 

XV. Mans Jirat disobedience^^ or fall fro^n his hapfiy state. Gen. ii- 
16. The Lord God commanded the man saymg, of every tree of the 
garden thou mayest freely eaU 

Ver. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou 
shalt not eat of it, for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shall sure- 
ly die. 

iii. 6. The woman took of the fruit thereof and did eat, and gave 
also unto her husband with her and he did eat. 2 Cor. xi. 3. See 
sentence pronounced against the offenders. Ver. 14 to 20. 

XVI. See the abo-ue sin and its consequences referred to^ Rom. v. 
12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin. 

Rom. V. 15. Through the offence of one many be dead. 

Ver. 1 7. By one man's offence death reigned. 

Ver. 18. By the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to 
condemnation. 

Ver. 19. By one man's disobedience many were made sinners 



XVII. Their number. Gen. xxxii; 1, 2. They are God's host. 
i Kings xxii. 19. 2 Chron. xviii. 18. Heavenly host. Luke ii. 13. 

Ps. Ixviii. 17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- 
sands of angels. 

Dan. vii. 10. Thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and 
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. 

Heb. xii. 22. An innumerable company of angels. 

XVIII. Their names* Eph. i. 21. Angels, authorities, principali- 
lies, powers, mights, thrones, dominions. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Col. i. 1 6, &c. 

Cherubims. 1 Sam. iv. 4. 2 Sam. vi. 2i 2 Kings xix. 15. Ps. xviii, 
iO. — Ixxx. 1. — xcix. 1. Seraphims. Isa. vi. 2, 6. 

Angels of God. Gen. xii. 17. Matt. xxii. SO. Sons of God. Job i. 
8. — ii. 1. — xxxviii. 7. Christ's angels. Rev. xxii. 16. Michael's an- 
gels. Rev. xii. T. 

XIX. Their nature^ they are superior to men. Ps. viii. 5. Heb. ii. 
7, 9. They are spirits. Ps. civ. 4. Heb. i. 7. Holy. Rev. xiv. 10. 
Klect. 1 Tim. v. 21. 

They excel in wisdom and knowledge. 2 Sam. xiv. 20. 
They excel in utterance, or speaking tongues. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 

XX. They excel in strength. Ps. ciii. 4. 
They were created by Christ. Col. i. 1 6. 

They are fellow servants to the prophets and apostles, and are 
not to be worshipped. Judg. xiii. 16. Col.ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10.— -xxii. 9. 
They look into gospel mysteries concerning Christ. Eph. iii. 10, 
They are present in Christian assemblies. 1 Cor. xi. 10. 
They see the behaviour of Christians. 1 Tim. v. 21. 
They see the treatment Christians receive in the world. 1 Cor. iv.9 
They behold the face of God, for Christians. Matt, xviii. 10. 
They rejoice at the conversion of sinners. Luke xv. 10. 

XXI. Their employment for the good of God's people, iii xmrious in- 
stances. Gen. xix. 15. An angel hastened lot out of Sodom. See ver. 29, 



62 Angels. Chap. 1 1. 

Gen. xxii. 11. An angel saved Isaac from being slain. Ver. 12. 

xxiv. 40. Abraham said to his servant, the Lord before whom I 
walk will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. Ver. 7. 

xxviii. 12. Jacob dreamed, and beheld a ladder, and the angels of 
God ascending and descending. Heb. i. 14. Are they not ministering 
spirits, sent forth to minister for them, who shall be heirs of salva- 
tion ? 

xlviii. 16. Angel redeemed Jacob, out of all evil. Ch. xxxi. 1 1. 

XXII. Instances of the care and services of angels for God's jieopkj 

coming from Egyfit. 

Exod. xix. 20. An angel of God went before the camp of Israel. 
Ch. xiii. 21 xxiii. 20, 23. — xxxii. 34. — xxxiii. 2. 

Numb. XX. 16. God sent his angel and brought us out of Egypt.. 
Zech. xii. 8. 

Isa. Ixiii. 9. The angel of his presence saved them. 

1 Kings xix. 5, 7. An angel feeds and refreshes Elijah when per- 
secuted. 

2 Kings vi. 17. Angels deliver Elisha from enemies. 

Ps. xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him^ and delivereth them. 

xci. 1 1 . He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in 
all thy ways. 

Ver. 12. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash 
thy foot against a stone. 

Dan. iii. 25,28. Angels saved three Jews, viz. Shadrach, Meshach 
and Abed-nego, from being burned in the fiery furnace. 

vi. 22. An angel saved Daniel from being hurt in the lions den. 
Mat. xviii. 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 
ones, for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always be- 
hold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 

Luke xvi. 22. The beggar died, and was carried by angels into 
Abraham's bosom. 

John V. 4. An angel went down at a certain season, and troubled 
the water, and whoever stepped in first was healed. 

Acts V. 19, 20. An angel delivered the apostles from prison. Ch. 
xii. 7, 11. 

XXIII. Revelations of God*s will and directions given by angels. 
Gen. xvi. 7. An angel directs Hager to return home, and informs 
her of the future greatness of her son's posterity, Ch. xxi. 17, 18. 

Gen xviii. 2, 10. Angels foretel to Abraham the birth of a son, 
and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

xxii. 1 7. An angel informs Abraham of the future greatness of 
his posterity. 

xxxi. 1 1. An angel directs Jacob to return to his country. 
Exod. iii. 2, 10. An angel directs Moses to djeiiver Israel. Deut. 
xxxiii. 16. Acts. vii. 30, 35, 38. 

vi. 11 to 22. An angel directs Gideon to deliver Israel from ene- 
mies. 

xiii. 3 to 21. An angel foretels the birth of Samson. 

2 Kings iii. Ij 15, 16. An angel directs Elijah to deliver a message 



Chap. IL Angels. 63 



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full of reproof to the king of Samaria, for consulting heathen gods 
about his recovery. 

Dan. viii. 17, 19. The angel Gabriel explains to Daniel a vision, 
concerning the delivery of the Jews. Ch. i>:. 21, 22. 

X. 1 1. An angel expounds to Daniel, and encoiirages him. See to 
ver. 22. 

Zech. i. 9 to 20. Ai\ angel expounds to the prophets. See Ch. ii. 
iii. iv. Ver. 1 to 8. Ch. v. vi. Ver. 1 to 9. 

Acts vii. 53. The law wv.s delivered on mount Sinai by angels. 
Ver. 38. Gal. iii. 19. Heb. ii. 2. 

viii. 26. By direction of an angel, Philip joins the eunuch, and 
Instructs and baptizes him. See from ver. 30, to 39. 

X. 3. By direction of an angel Cornelius sends for Peter, to receive 
from him the knowledge of Christ. Ver. 4, 6, 22, 30. Ch. xi. 
13, 14. 

xxvii. 24. By information from an angel, Paul declares the s'afety 
of himself, and those who sailed with him. 

Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto 
him, and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John, 
Ch. xxii. \6. 

xxii. 9. The angel said, I am thy fellow servant, and of thy bre- 
thren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book. 

See other revelations by angels. Rev. x. 1, 5, 6, 7. — xi. 15. — xiv. 
6 to 19. — xvii. 1. — xviii. 1, 21. 

XXIV. Angels inflict God's Judgments on the wicked. Gen. iii. 24. 
When Adam and Eve had been turned out of Paradise, God planted 
cherubims and a flaming sword to keep the way of the tree of life. 

xix. 1 to 29. Sodom is destroyed by angels. 

Exod. xii. 29. The first born in Egypt slain by a destroying angel. 
Ver. 23. 

Numb. xxii. 22. The angel of the Lord stood in the way for an 
adversary against Balaam. See to ver. 36. 

Judg. ii. i, 4. An angel is sent to reprove Israel for disobedi- 
ence. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 16. An angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem 
to destroy it, after he had slain in other parts, seventy thousand men 
by pestilence. Ver. 15. 

2 Kings xix. 35. An angel of the Lord smote in the camp of the 
Assyrians, an hundred fourscore and five thousand. Isa. xxxvii. 36. 

Ps. XXXV. 5. Let the angel of the Lord chase the wicked. 

Ver. 6. Let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 

Ixxviii. 49. He cast upon them the fierceness of bis anger, wrath 
^nd indignation and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel of the Lord smote Herod because he gave 
not God the glory, and he was eaten of worms. 

Rev. vii. 2. To four angels it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. 

viii. 5. See to the end of this chapter, and the whole 9th chapter. 

XV. 1. Seven angels, having the seven last plagues, Ver. 6. See 
these plagues through the whole 16th chapter. 

XX. L An an gel binds Satan. See also Ch. xix. 17. 



64 A?igcls. Chap, IL 

XXV. T/icir attcndcmcc o?j, and services to Christ, Luke i. 1 1 to 
21. The angel Gabriel foretels the birth, manner of life, and minis- 
try of John the forerunner of Christ. 

Ver. 26. The same angel foretels to the virgin Mary the concep- 
tion and birth of Jesus Christ, and his greatness. See to ver. 35. 

Matt. i. 20. An angel informs Joseph of Christ's conception, in 
the womb by the power of the Holy Ghost. 

Luke ii. 9 to 14. AngeLs publish the birth of Christ to shepherds, 
and praise God on that occasion. 

Matt. ii. 13. An angel warns Joseph to carry Jesus and his mo- 
ther unto Egypt for safety. 

Ver. 19. An angel directs Joseph and Mary, to return with Jesus 
from Egypt. Ver. 28. 

Matt. iv. 1 1. Angels ministered unto Jesus when he was tempted 
of the devil, Mark i. 13. John i. 5 1 . 

Luke xxii. 43. When Christ was in an agony, before he was ap- 
prehended by enemies, there appeared an angel unto him from hea- 
ven strengthening him. 

Matt. xxvi. 5L When Jesus was apprehended, Peter drew his 
sword to fight for him. 

Ver. 52. Jesus said, put up thy sword, thinkest thou that I can- 
not now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give m,e more than 
tVk'elve legions of angels. 

Matt, xxviii. 2. At Christ's resurrection, an angel rolls back the 
stone from the door of the sepulchre, and sat on it. 

Ver. 5. He publishes Christ's resurrection to those who came to 
the sepulchre and directs them where to publish it, Ver. 7. Luke 
xxiv. 5, 6, 7. John xx. 12, 13. 

Acts i. 10, 11. Christ's ascension, angels declare to the apostles 
his coming again. 

XX VL They shall attend Christ at his coming to judgment. Matt. 
xvi. 21. The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father wdtli 
his angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his 
work. Ch. XXV, 31, 32. Mark viii. 38. Luke iv. 26. 

Luke xii. 8. Jesus said, whosoever shall confess me before men^ 
him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. 

Ver. 9. He that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the 
angels of God. Rev. iii. 5. 

1 Thess. iv. 16. The Lord himself shall descend from heaven, 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of 
God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 1 Cor. xv. 52. 

XXVn. Their employment at the day of judgment. Matt. xiii. 39. 
The harvest is the end of the world, the reapers are the angels. 

Matt. xxiv. 31. The Son of man shall send his angels with a great 
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the 
four winds, from the one end of heaven to the other. Mark xiii. 27. 
xiii. 41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they 
shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that 
do iniquity. 

Ver. 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Ver 49, 50, 



Chap, II. Devils. ' Q5 

2 Thess. i. 7. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven v/ith 
his mighty angels. 

Ver. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

XXVIIL 77iey are worshippers of God the Father. Ps. ciii. 20, 
Bless th« Lord all ye his angels. Rev. vii. 11. — xix. 10. — xxii. 9. 

Ver. 2 1 . Bless the Lord ail ye his hosts, ye ministers of his that 
do his pleasure. Ps. cxlviii. 2. 

Isa. vi. 2. The seraphirns cried one to another, and said, holy. 
holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the \^ole earth is full of his glory. 

Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten 
thousand times ten thousand stood before him. 

XXIX. They vjorship Christ and are subject to hi7n. Heb. 1. 4. Christ 
was made better than the angels. 

Ver. 6. God said, let all the angels of God worship him. 

Rev. V. 1 1 . Angels round about the throne said, 

Ver. 12. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power 
and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and glory, and honour, and 
blessing. 

They are not to be worshipped. See CdHii. 18. Rev. xix, 10, 11. 
—xxii. 8, 9. 

DEVILS. 

XXX. Of angels^ some sinned and are reserved unto punishment. 
2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. 

Jude' ver. 6. The angels that kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, God hath reserved in everlasting chains under 
darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. 

Rev. XX. 10. The devil that deceived the nations, was cast into 
the lake of fire and brimstone, wherb the beast and the false prophet 
are, and shall be tormented day and night, for ever and ever* 

Matt. XXV. 4 1 . Everlasting fire is prepared for the devil and hi& 
angels. 

XXXI. What their sin is supposed to have been. See above Jude 
ver. 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 6. Pride is called the condemnation of the devil. 

Job xxxviii. 7. Morning stars, is the name of angels, this name is 
given to the proud king of Babylon losing his power, as one of these 
morning stars falling. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at 
thy coming. 

Ver. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the 
morning. 
Luke X. 18. Jesus said, I beheld Satan fall as lightning from, heaven, 

XXXII. Munes given to these in scripture.^ — The God of this world. 
2 Cor. iv. 4. — The prince*of this world, John xiv. 30. — xvi. 11. Beeh 
zebub the prince of devils, Luke xi. 15.— The prince of the power of 
the air, Eph. ii* 2. —Belial who hath his sons ajid children of tho, 



66 • Devils, Chap. If. 

wicked. See Dent. xiii. 13. Judg. xix. 22. — xx. 13. 1 Sam. ii. 12.— 
X. 27.— XXX. 22. 2 Sam. xx. 1. i Kings xxi. 10. 2 Chr. xiii. 7. 2 Cor. 
vi. 15.— The devil and his angels. Mat. xxv. 41. 

The dragon and his angels. Rev. xii. 7, 9. The angel of the bot- 
tomless pit. Rev. ix. 11. • 

Rev. xii. 9. The great dragon, the old serpent, the devil and Sa- 
tan, the deceiver and his angels. 

Ver. 10. The accuser of the brethren, compare Job i. 9. — ii. 5, 
Zech. iii. 1. 

Ti ey are called principalities and powers. Rom. viii. 38. Eph. vi. 12. 

XXXIII. Devils are rejiresented as enemies to all good, and promo- 
ters of sin and misery among mankind. Gen. iii. 1 to 7. Sa4:an cal- 
led the serpent. 2 Cor. xi. 3. And the old serpent the devil. Rev. 
xii. 9.— XX. 2. Beguiled Eve. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 1. He moved David to number the pepple. 

Zech. iii. 2. Satan stood at Joshua's right hand to resist him*. 

Matt. xiii. 38. The tares are the children of the wicked one. 

Ver. 39. The enemy that sowed the tares is the devil. 

Luke xxii. 31, 32. Satan desired to have Peter to sift him. 

John vi. 70. Jesus said (of Judas), one of you is a devil. 

xiii. 27. Satan entered into Judas, and tempted him to betray his 
master. Luke xxii. 3. 

xvii. 12. Judas was the son of perdition. 2 Tliess. iii. 5. The man 
of sin is the son of perdition. 

viii. 44. To his enemies Jestis said, ye are of your father the devil, 
and the lusts of your father ye will do ; he was a murderer from the 
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in 
him. 

Acts V. 3. He put in the hearts of Ananias and Sapphira to lie to 
the Holy Ghost. 

Eph. ii. 2. Satan is the spirit that worketh in the children of dis- 
obedience. 

vi. 12. Devils are the rulers of the darkness of this world. 

1 Thess. iii. 5. Satan is the tempter. I Tim. v. 15. Some turu 
aside after him. 

Jam. iii. 15. Envy and strife is the wisdom that is earthly, sensu- 
al, and devilish. 

1 John iii. 8. He that committcth sin is of the devil. Ver. 11. 

Ver. 12. Cain was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. 

Rev. xii, 9. Satan deceiveth the whole world. 

Satan's hurtfulness to the bodies and worldly interests of mankind. 
See Job i. 6 to 20. and ii. 7. Also devils cast out by Christ. See 
Christ's miracles. 

XXXIV. The enmity and endeavours of Satan, and his servants, to 
Christ and his servants. Matt. iv. 1 . Satan tempted Christ. Mark i. 1 2. 

xiii. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and un- 
derstandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away 
that vvdiich was sown in his heart. Mark iv. 15. 

Luke viii. 12. The devil takcth away the word out of their hearts- 
lest th.. y should believe, and be saved. 

Acts ^iii. 10. They pewcrt the right ways of the Lord. 



Ckap. II. Devils. 67 

2 Cor. iv. 4. The god of this world hath blinded the minds of 
those who believe not. 

2 Cor. xii. 7. A messenger of Satan bufTetted Paul. 

1 Thess. ii. 18 Satan hindered the apostles. Rev. ii. 10. 

2 Thess. ii. 9. The coming of the man of sin, is after the work- 
ing of Satan with all power and signs, and laying wonders, and with 
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because 
tbey received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

Rev. lii. 9. They say they are Jews, and are not, but are of the 
synagogue of Satan. See Rev. ii. 9, 10. — xii. 13. — xx. 9. 

XXXV. They believe that there is a God. Jam. ii. 19. The devils 
believe and tremble. 

They know Christ. Mark. i. 24. They said to Jesus, let us alone, 
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth, art thou come 
to torment us before the time, we know thee who thou art, the holy 
one of God. 

Luke iv. 4 1 . De\dls came out of many, crying out, and saying, thou 
art Christ the Son of God. 

XXXVI. They knew Christ's sei^vwits. Acts xvi. 16. A damsel 
possessed with a spirit of divination, which brought her masters much 
gain by sooth-saying, 

Ver. 17. Followed Paul and other apostles, saying, these men 
are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way 
of salvation. 

Ver. 18. Paul commanded the evil spirit to come out of her. 

xix. 13. Certain vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to 
call over them which had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, 
saying, we adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. 

Ver. 15. The evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and 
Paul I know, but who are ye ? 

Acts xix. 16. And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leapt on 
them and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that thev 
fled out of that house naked and wounded. 

XXXVII. They knew the sacred scri/Utires. Ma.ttAv. 6. They pro- 
duce the words of Ps. xci. 1 1. Saying, it is written, he shall give his 
angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear 
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

XXXVIII. Satan was overcome by Christ. Matt. iv. 1 to 12. When 
Jesus was forty days tempted of the devil, the devil leaveth him 
vdthout succeeding. 

John xiii. 3 1 . Jesus said, now shall the prince of this world be 
cast out. 

xiv. 30. Jesus said, the prince of this world cometh and hath no- 
thing in me. 

xvi. 11. The prince of this world is judged. 

Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and powers, triumphing over 
them. 

Heb. ii. 14. Christ destroyed him that had the power of death, 
that is the devil. 

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68 Devils, Chap. II. 

1 John iii. S. For tiiis purpose the Son of God was manifested, 
that he miL'.ht destroy the works of the devil. 

Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall evercome them, i. e. the servants 
of Satan. See Rev. xii. 7, 9, 10, 1 1. 

XXXIX. Satan is overcome by Christians, through divine power com- 
municated. 

Matt. X. 1. Jesus gave his disciples power against unclean spirits, 
to cast them out. Mark iii. 15. — vi. 7. 

Luke y. 17. The disciples returned with joy, saying to Jesus, even 
the devils are subject to us, through thy name. 

Acts xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus suid to Paul, I send thee to open mens 
eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of 
Satan unto God. 

Rom. xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. If God will give them repentance to the acknow- 
ledgment of the truth ; 

Ver. 26. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of 
the devil, who are taken captive by him, at his will. Col. i. 13. 

1 John ii. 1 4. I have written unto you young men, because ye are 
strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome 
the wicked one. Ver. 13. Eph. vi. 10, 11. 

V. 18. He that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wick- 
ed one toucheth him not. Ch. iv. 4. 

Rev. xii il. They overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, 
and by the word of their testimony, ^iee Rom. viii. 37, 38. 

XL. Promises to them that overcome Satan. Rev ii 7. The tree of 
life. — 1 1. 1 hat he shall not be hurt of the second death.— ^-17. Shall 
have hidden m?.nna. — 26. Power over the nations. Ch. iii. 5. 
Shall be cloathedin white. — 12. Shall be m.ade a pillar in the temple 
of God — 21. Shall sit with Christ in his throne. Ch. xxi. 7. Shall 
inherit ail things. — 1 Cor. vi. 3. Shall judge fallen angels. 

XLI. Duties exhorted to in opposition to Satan. 1 Cor. vii. 5. Let 
the husband and wife come together, that Satan tempt you not for 
your incontinency. 

2 Cor. ii. 11. Let us receive an offender, when become penitent, 
lest Satan get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his de- 
vices. 

^ii. 2, Paul said, I am jealous over you, with a godly jealousy. 

Ver. 3. I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve, 
through his subtiity, so your minds shall be corrupted from the sim- 
plicity that is in Christ. 

Ver. 14. For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 

Ver. 15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be 
transformed, as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be 
according to their works. 

Eph. iv. 26. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. 

Ver. 27. Neither give place to the devil. 

vi. 11. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to 
stand agcinst the wiles of the devil. 

Ver. 12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 



Chap. III. God^s Government. 69 

principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of 
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

Eph. vi. 16. Take the shield of f^^ith wherewith ye shall be able to 
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

Jam. iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he vdll flee from you, 

1 Pet. V. 8. Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the de- 
vil, as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour. 

Ver. 9. Whom resist stedfast in the faith. 

Jude ver. 9. Michael the archangel said, the Lord rebuke thee. 
Satan. Zech. iii. 2. 



CHAP, III. 
GOD'S GOVERNMENT. 

I. HE is the king., ruler and governor of the worlds having a throne^ 
kingdom^ dominion.) government. 2 Kings xix. 15. Thou ai't the God 
of all the kingdoms of the earth. 

2 Chron. xxix. 1 1. Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glo- 
ry, and thou art exalted as head above all. Matt. vi. 13. 

XX. 6. Art thou not God in heaven, and ruiest not thou over all 
the kingdoms of the heathen, and in thine hand is there not power, 
and might, so that none is able to withstand thee ? 

Job. XXV. 2. Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in 
his high places. 

Ps. X. 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever. 

xi. 4. The Lord's throne is in heaven, his eyes behold, his eye-lids 
try the children of men. 

xxii. 28. The kingdom is the Lord*s, and he is the governor a- 
mong the nations. 

xlv. 6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the sceptre of 
thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

xlvii. 2. The Lord most high, is a great King over all the earth. 

Ver. 8. God reigneth over the heathen, God sitteth on the throne 
of his holiness. 

Ixvi. 7. He ruieth by his power for ever, his eyes behold the na- 
tions. 

Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. 

xcv. 2. The Lord is a great God, and a great King above'all gods. 

xcvii. 9. Clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness 
and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 

ciii. 19. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens, and 
his kingdom ruieth over all. 

cxlv. 13- Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy domi- 
nion endureth throughout all generations. 

Prov. viii. 16. By me princes rule even ail the nobles of the earth. 

Isa. xxxvii. 16. Thou art God, even thou alone, of all the king- 
doms of the earth. Ch. vi. 5. The king, the Lord of hosts. 

Ixvi. 1. The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. 

Jer. X. 10. The Lord, he is the true God, he is the living- God, 



70 Cowuels of God. Chap. III. 

and an everlasting- King, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the 
nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 

Dan. iv. 3. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his domi- 
nion is from generation to generation. Ver. 34. 

vi. 26. He is the living God and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom 
is that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even 
unto the end. Ch. vii. 14, 27. 

1 Tim. vi. 15. He is the blessed and only potentate, the King of 
kings and Lord of lords. 

II. God is the la%v-giver. Isa. xxxiii. 22. The Lord is our law -giv- 
er, the Lord is our king. 

Jam. iv. 12. He is the one law-giver, who is able to save and to 
destroy. 

III. Godis the judge of the earth. Gen. xviii. 25. The judge of 
all the earth Ps. xciv. 2. Heb. xii. 23. 

Deut. X ii. 16. I he Lord shall judge his people. Eccl. iii. 17. He 
shall judge the righteous and the wicked. 

1 Sam, ii. 10. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth. 

Ps. ix. 4. Thou sittest in the throne judging right. 

i. 6. God is judge himself. Ps. Ixxvi. 8. 

xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the 
people with his truth. 

COUNSELS OF GOD. 

IV". God hath his counsels. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsel of the 
Lord standeth for ever, and the thoughts of his heart to ail genera- 
tions, Prov. Y-h.. 2 1 . 

Prov. viii. 14. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom, I have under- 
standing. 

Isa. XXV. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is wonderful in counsel, and excel- 
lent in working. Jer. xxxii. 19. 

xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him ? 

Ver. 17. All nations before him are as nothing. 

xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, I will do all my pleasure. 

Jer. xxxii. 1 9. The Lord of hosts, great in counsel and mighty m 
work. 

Acts ii. 23. Jesus was delivered by the determinate counsel, and 
fore-knowledge of God. 

iv. 27. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, 
both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with tne Gentiles and people of Is- 
rael, were gathered together. 

Ver. 28. For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel deter- 
mined before to be done. 

Heb. vi. 17. God willing to shew the immutability of his counsel, 
confirmed (his promise) by an oath. 

V. Purpose of God. Jer. Ii. 29. Every purpose of God, shall be- 
performed. See purposes of God, concerning particular nations. Isa- 
xiv. 24, 27.—- Aix. 12. — xxiii. 9. — xlvi. 11.— xlix. 20. 



Chap. III. Will of God-^Ordinations of God. 71 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good, to them that 
love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

ix. 11. That the purpose of God according to election might standi 

Ver. 12. It was said the eldest brother should serve the younger, 

Ver. 17. Concerning Pharoah God said, for this same purpose 
have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an inheritiince, being pre- 
destinated, according to the purpose of him who worketh all things, 
after the counsel of his own will. 

iii. 11. According to the eternal purpose, which God purposed in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hv^th saved us, and called us with an holy cal- 
ling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, 
and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world be- 
gan. 

WILL OF GOD. 

VI. God doth tvill. Job xxiii. 13. He is of one mind, and who can 
turn him ? and what his soul desireth that he doth. Ps. xxxiii. 1 1. 

Dan. iv. 35. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as no- 
thing, and he doth according to his will, in the army of heaven, and 
among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or 
say unto him, what doest thou I Job. xxxiii. 13. 

Isa. xlvi. 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Iv. 11. My word shall accomplish that which I please. 

VII. Determinations of God. Job xiv. 5. Man's days are determin- 
ed, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed the 
bounds that he cannot pass. Ver. 14. Acts xvii. 26. 

Isa. X. 23. The Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even 
determined in the midst of all the land. Ch. xxviii. 22. Z eph. iii. 8, 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are detennined upon thy people, and 
upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of 
sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting 
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint 
the most holy. Ver. 26,,27. 

xi. 36. That that is determined shall be done. 

Zeph. iii. 8. My determination is to gather the nations, to pour 
upon them mine indignation. 

y Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth as it is determined of him. 
Acts iv. 28. 

ORDINATIONS OF GOD. 

VIII. Ordination., things ordained of God. Ps. cxxxii. 17. I have 
ordained a lamp for m.ine anointed. 

Jer. i. 5. I ordained thee to be a prophet to the nations. 2 Tim. 
ii. 7. 

Hab. ii. 12. Thou hast ordained them, (the enemy,) for judgment^ 
and, O mighty God, thou hast ordained them for correction. 

XV. 16. Jesus said, I have ordained you, that ye sliould go and 
bring forth fruit. Eph. li. 10. 

Acts i. 21, 22. Of those men must one be ordained, a wiuiess vvitli 
us^ of Ch^ist^s resurrection. 



72 Decrees of God^ Predestination — Election, Chap. III. 

Acts i. 23. And the apostles appointed two, Joseph and Matthias. 

Ver. 24. And they prayed, and said, thou Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen ; 

Ver. 25. That he may take part of this ministry. 

Ver. 26. And they gave forth the lots, and the lot fell on Matthi- 
as, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 

Jude ver. • 4. There are certain men crept in unawares, who were 
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning 
the grace of Cod into lasci\iousness. Sic. 

DECREES OF GOD. 

IX. Decrees.) things decreed of God. Job xxviii. 26. He made a 
decree for the rain. Ps. cxlviii. 6. 

xx-:viii. 10. He broke up for the sea his decreed place, and set 
bars and doors. Prov. viii. 29. Jer. v. 22. 

Dan. iv. 24. This is the decree of the most high God, that is come 
upon the king. 

Zeph. ii. 2. Before the decree break forth, before the day of the 
Lord's anger come upon you. 

X. Apfiointments.) things ajijiointed of God, 2 Sam. xvii. 4. The 
Lord had appointed to defeat the counsels of Ahitophel- 

Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed time for man upon the earth ? 
are not his days like the days of an hireling. Ch. xiv. 5, 14. 

Prov. viii. 29. He appointed the foundations of the earth. 

Dan. viii. 19. At the time appointed, the end shall be. Ch. xi. 27, 
35. 

Mic. vi. 9. He hath appointed the rod. 

Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an appointed time. 

Luke xxii. 29. He appointed unto Christ a kingdom. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day, in which he will judge 
the world by Jesus Christ. 

Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth 
his Son made of a woman. 

I Pet. ii. 8. Christ is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, 
to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto 
also they were appointed. Jude ver. 4. 

PREDESTINATION. 

XI. Predestination. Things /iredestinated of God, 'Rom. ix. 16. 
Whom God did foreknow, he did predestinate to be conformed to 
the image of his Son, that he might be the first born aniong many 
brethren. 

Ver. 30. Moreover whom did he predestinate, them he also cal- 
led, and whom he called, them he also justified, and whom he justi- 
lied, them he also glorified. 

Eph. i. 5. God having predestinated us to the adoption of children, 
by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will. 

Ver. 11. In him we have obtained an inheritance, being predes- 
tinated according to the purpose of him, who worketh all things ac- 
cording to the counsel of his will. 

Ver. 12. That we should be to the praise of his glory. 

ELECTION. 

XII. Election of the Jcv.ks. Neh, ix. 7, Thou art the Lord, the God 



Chap. III. Election. 73 

who didst choose Abram, and broup:ht him forth out of Ur of the 
Chaldees, and g-a.vest him the name of Abraham. 

Neh. ix. 8. And madest a covenant with him.. Compare Gen. :ii. 
31 — xii. I, 2, 3. Acts xiii. 17. 

Deut. iv. 37. Because the Lord loved thy fathers, therefore he 
chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt. 

vii. 6 The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people, 
unto himself, above all the people that are upon the face of the 
earth. Ch. xiv. 2. 

Ver. 7. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, 
because ye were more in number than any people, (for ye were the 
fewest of all the people :) 

Ver. 8. But because the Lord loved you, and because he would 
keep the oath, which he had sworn to your fathers. Ch. x. \3. 

1 Kings iii. 8. Thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom 
thou hast chosen. 

1 Chron. xvi 13. O ye seed of Israel, his servant, ye cliildrcn of 
Jacob his chosen ones. 

Ver. 14. He is the Lord your God. Ps. cv. 6, 7. 

Ps. xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation, whose God is the Lord, and 
the people whom he hath chosen for his ov/n inheritance. 

Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou chusest and cause st to ap- 
proach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. 

cv. 43. The Lord brought forth his people with joy, and his cho- 
sen with gladness. 

cvi. 4. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest 
unto thy people ; O visit me, witli thy salvation. 

Ver. 5. That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may re- 
joice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine in- 
heritance. 

cxxxji. 13. The Lord hath chosen Zion, he hath desired it for his 
habitation. 

Ver. 15. I will abundantly bless her provision, &c. Ps. Ixxviii. 68. 

cxx IV. 4. The Lord hath chosen Jcxob unto himself, and Israel 
for his peculiar treasure. 

Isa. xiv. 1 . The Lord will yet choose Israel, and set him in his 
own land. Ch. xlxix. 7. Zech. i. 17. — ^ii. 12. 

xli. 8. Thou Israel art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen. 

Ver. 9. I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 

xliii. 20, I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desart* 
to give drink to my people, my chosen. 

xliv. 2. Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee 
from the womb, which will help thee, fear not, O Jacob, my servant, 
and Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 

Ver. 3. For I will pour v\-ater upon him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground, I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring. 

Ver. 4. And they shall spring up. See. 

xiv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have 
called thee by thy name (Cyrus,; I have surnamed thee, though thou 
hast not known me. 



74 Election. Chap. III. 

Isa. xlviii. 10. I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have cho- 
sen thee in the furnace of affliction. 

Ver. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, 
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

Ixv. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my mountain, and my servants 
shall dwell there. 

Ver. 22. Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 

Ezek. XX. 5. Thus saith the Lord (Jod, I chose Israel, and lifted 
up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, an made myself 
known unto them. 

Zech. iii. 2. O Satan, the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem, rebuke 
thee : Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire ? 

XIIL Election of Christians. Matt. xx. 16. Jesus said, many be 
called but few chosen. 

xxiv. 22. For the elect's sake, those days ^of calamity) shall be 
shortened Mark. xiii. 20. 

Ver. 24, False Christs, and false prophets shall shew great signs 
and wonders, insomuch, that (if it were possible) they shall deceive 
the very elect. 

Ver. 31. 1 he Son of man shall (at the last day) send his angels 
T^'ith a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his 
elect, from the four winds, from the one end of heaven to the other. 

Luke xviii. 7. Shall not Cod avenge his own elect which cry day 
and night unto him. 

John vi. o't , Jesus said, all that the Father hath given me, &c. 

xiii. 18. Jesus said, I speak not of you all, I know whom I have 
chosen : But that the scriptures might be fulfilled, he that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up the heel against me- 

XV. 16. I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go 
and bring forth fruit. 

Ver. 19, I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. 

Rom. viii. S3. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God*s 
elect, it is God that justifieth them. 

ix. 6. They are not all Israel, which are of Israel. 

Ver. 10. When Rebecca had conceived by Isaac. . 

Rom. ix. n . The children being not yet born, neither having done 
any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election 
might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. 

Ver. 12. It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. 

Ver 13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau havj i hated. 

Ver. 1 6. It is not of him that wilieth, or of him that runneth, but 
of God that sheweth mercy. 

Ver. 18. He hath mercy on wiiom he will have mercy, and whom 
he will he hardeneth. 

Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over the clay ? 

xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknev/. 

Ver. 4. Seven thousand were reserved in Israel, who had not 
|>owed the knee to the image of Baal. 

Ver. 5. So at this time, there is a remnant according to the elec- 
tion of grace. 



Chap. Ill Callmg, 75 

Rom. xi. 6. And if by grace it is no more of works. 

Ver. 7. Israel hath not obtained that v/hich he seeketh for, but the 
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 

Ver. 28. As touching the election, the Jews are beloved for th& 
Father's sake. 

Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ, before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy and without blame, before him in 
love. 

Ver. 5. Having predestinated us to the adoption of children, by 
Jesus Christ, to himself according to the good pleasure of his will. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved bov/- 
els of mercies, kindness, humbleness, kc. 

1 Thess. i. 4. Knowing brethren, beloved, your election of God. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth . 

2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for the elects' sake, that tbe}- 
may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 

Tit. i. 1 . Paul an apostle according to the faith of God's elect. 

Jam. ii. 5. Huth not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in 
faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised lo them that 
love him. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the fore-knowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprink- 
ling of the blood of Jesus. 

ii. 2. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy na- 
tion, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness, to his marvellous light. 

V. 13. The church that is in Babylon elected together with you. 

1 John, ver 1. The elect lady. Ver. 13. The elect sister. 

Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the Lamb, are called and cho- 
sen, and faithful. 

See 1 Tim. v. 21. Elect angels. 

Christ is God's elect. Isa. xlii. i. 

XIV. Perso7is chosen or elected of God, to fill offices in the church 
and fitate. 

Deut. xvii. 15. ThoU shalt set him king over thee, vv^hom the 
Lord thy God shall choose. Kings chosen of God were Saul, 
1 Sam. X. 24. David, 2 Sam. vi. 21. I Kings viii. 16. Ps. Ixxviii. 70. 
Ixxxix. 3, 19. — Solomon, 1 Chron. xxix. 1. 1 Sam. ii. 28. 

Priests chosen. Levi, Deut. x. 8. Aaron, Num xvi. 5. — xvii. 5, 8 

Twelve apostles chosen. Luke vi. 13. -Matthias, A.cts i. 24, 26. 
—Stephen, Acts vi. 5.™ Paul, Acts ix. 15. — xxii. 14. 

Place of worship chosen. Deut. xii. 5.-— xi. 14.-— xviii. 21, 26. The 
tem_ple. 1 Kings ix. 3.— -Jerusalem. 1 Kings xi. 14. Neh. i. 9. 

CALLING. 

XV. God doth call ; his fieojile are call-'-d. Isa. xl. I. Thus saith the 
Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, that formed thee, O Israel, fear 
not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou 
art mine. 

xlviii. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, I am 
he, I am the first, I ako am the last. 

K 



76 Cailing, Chap. IIL 

Isa. iv. o. Behold thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not. 
and nations that knew not thee, shall run unto thee. 

Ixii. 2. Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the Lord shall 
name. 

Joel ii. 32. In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, 
as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. 

Matt. XX. 1. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 
an house-holder, which went out early in the morning to hire labour- 
ers unto his vineyard. Ver. 3, 4, 5, 6. He went out about the third, 
the sixth, the ninth, and eleventh hour, and sent those he found into 
bis vineyaixl. Ver. 9. 

Ver. 9, 10. They received every man a penny. 

\ er. 1 i. When they murmured against the good man of the house, 
because the first received not more than they who entered last. 

Ver. 13. He ansvrered and said, friend I do thee no wrong. 

\'er. 15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will -svith mine own ^ 
:.s thine eye evil, because I am good ? 

Ver. 16. So the last shall be first, and the first last ; for many be 
called but few chosen. Ch. xix. 30. 

Matth. xxii. 2. The kingdom of heaven shall be like unto a king, 
which made a marriage for his son. 

Ver. 3, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden 
to the wedding. 

John X. 3. The good shepherd calleth his own sheep by name. 

XV. 15. Jesus said, I call you not servants, I have called you 
friends. Heb. iii. 11. Christ is not ashamed to call them brethren. 

Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you, and to your children, and 
*o all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall calL 

Rom. i. 6. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 7 . To all that be in Rome, called to the saints. 

iv. 17. God calicth those things that are not as though they were. 

viii. 28. All things v\'ork together for good, to them that love God, 
CO them who cTc the called according to his purpose. 

Ver. oO. Whom God did predestinate them he also called. 

ix. 11. That the purpose of God according to election might stand, 
not of v/orks, but of him that calleth. 

Ver. 23. The vessels of mercy he hath prepared unto glory. 

Ver. 24. Even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only but 
also of the Gentiles. 

Ver. 25. God saith, I will call them my people, which were not; 
my people, and her beloved vvhich was not beloved. Hos. ii. 23, 

xi. 29. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 

1 Cor. i. 9. Cxod is faithfnl, by whom we were called into the fel- 
lowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Ver. 24. Unto them vv^ho are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ 
the power of God, and the v.isdom of God. 

Ver. 26. Ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise 
men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. 

Ver. 27. But God hath chosen the foolish thing.s of the v/orld to 
confound the wise. Ch. ::xviii. 

I Cor. vii. 1. God h:-th CAlled us to peace^ 



Chap, III. CaHing, 77 

1 Cor. vii. 17. Aa tiie Lord bath called every man, so let him walk., 
Sec ver. 18, 20, 21, 24. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him thai 
called you into the grace of Christ. 

V. 8. This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you, 

^^er. 13. Brethren ye have been called into liberty. 

Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks, and to pray, &:c. 

V^er. 18. That ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and 
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 

iv. 1. Walk vi^orthy of the vocation wherevi'ith ye are called. 

Ver. 2. With all lowliness and meekness, &cc. 

Ver. 4. Ye are called in one hope of your calling. 

Phil. iii. 14. I press forward toward the mark, for the prize of the 
high calling of Ood in Christ Jesus. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which 
ye are called in one body. 

1 Thess. ii. 12. Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto 
his kingdom and glory. 

iv. 7. God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness 
V. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 

2 Thess. i. 1 1 . We pray that God vvould count you worthy of this 
calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work 
of faith with power. 

2 Thess. ii. 14. God hath called you, by our gospel, to the obtain- 
ing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal 
life whereunto thou art called. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy callings 
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world beprano 

Heb. iii. 12. Holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling. 

ix. 15. Jesus is the mediator of the New Testament, that they 
which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 

i Pet. i. 15. As he v/hich hath called you is holy, so be ye holy 
in all manner of conversation. 

ih 9. Shew forth the praises of him wlio hath called you out of 
darkness, into his marvellous light. 

Ver. 21. If ye do well, and sufTer for it, and take it patiently, even 
hereunto were ye called. 

iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but con- 
trariwise blessing, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye may 
Inherit a blessing. 

1 Pet. V. 10. The God of all grace Ijath called us unto his eternal 
glory by Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. i. 3. His divine pov/er hath given unto us ail things that 
pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hatli* 
called us to glory and virtue. 

Ver. 10. Give diligence to make your callin.g and election sure. 
Jude ver. 1 . To them that are sanctified by God the Father, and 
preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. 

Ver. 2. Mercy unto you. and peace and love be multiplied,, 



'^^ JuiiUjicatwn. CiiAp. III.. 

Rev. xvii. 12. They that arc Avith the Lamb, arc called and cho- 
sen, and faithful. 

xi.:. 9. Blessed are they that are called unto the marriage supper 
of the Lamb. Abraham called. See Isa. li. 2. Heb. xi. 8. '" 

X\ L Particular persona called to offices. 

Priests, Christ, Isa. xiii. 6. Heb. v. 10. — Aaron, Heb. v. 4. 

Prophets. Isa. xlxix. 1, 2. 

apostles. Acts xiii. 2. Rom. i. 1. 1 Cor. i. 1, 2. Gal. i. 15. 

God's people are culled by his name, xxviii. 10. Josh. xiv. 9. xv 

16. Dan. ix. 18, 19. Amos ix. 11, 12. Jam. ii. 7. 

The heathens not called bv God's name. Isa. Ixiii. 19 Ixv. I. 



JUSTIFICATION. 



XVII. Justijicaiion. God justifieth. Isa. xlv. 25. In the Lord shall 
the seed of Jacob be justified, and shall glory. R.om. iii. 30. 

Rom. iii. 26. That God might be just, and the justifier of him 
that believeth in Jesus. 

Rom. viii. 30. Whom he called, them he also justified, and v/hom 
he justified, them he also glorified. 

Ver. 3 1 . If God be for us, who can be against us ? 

Ver. 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? 

Ver. 34. It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth ? 

XVIil. Men not justijied by the luorks of the law. Rom. iii. 20. By 
the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in God*s sight. 

Ver. 28. Wc conclude that a man is justified by faith without the 
deeds of the law. 

iv. 15. The law workcth wrath. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by 
ihe faith of Jesus Christ. 

iii. 10. As many as are of the works of the law are under the 
curse, for it is written, cursed is every one that continueth not in all 
things that are vrritten in the book of the law to do them. Deut. xxvii, 
26. Jam. ii. 10. 

Gal. iii. 11. That no man is justified by the law in {he sight of 
God, is evident : for the just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 
17. Heb. X. 38. 

Ver. i 2. And the lavv^ is not of faith, but the man that doth them, 
shall live in them. Lev. xviii. 15 Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. iii. 21. — xviii. 
9, 17.— XX. 11, 13, 21.— "xxiii. 13, 15, 16. Matt. xix. 17. Rom. x. 5. 

James ii. 10. He that shall offend in one point is guilty of alL 
Compare Rom. iii 19. Isa. Ixiv. 6. Ps. cxliii. 2. 

Gal. v. 4. Christ is become of none effect to you, v/hosoever of 
you are justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace. 

XIX. Alai are justijied freely and by grace^ through Christ, Isa, 
liii. 11. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, 
for he shall bear their iniquities. 

Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the re- 
flemption that is in Jesus Christ. 



Chap. III. SancUficatloiu 



SAXCTIFICATIOX 



XX. God sanctijied the Jews. Exod. xxxi. 13. The Sabbath is a 
sign between me and you throughout your generations : that ye may 
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ley. xx. 8.— xxi. 
viii, 15. Ezek. xx. 12. 

Ezek. xxvii. 28. The heathen shall know, that I the Lord do 
■sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them. 

XXI. Jeivs ivere commanded to sanctify themselves. Lev. xi. 44. I 
am the Lord vour God, ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves and ye 
shall be holy, for I am holy- Ch. xx. 7 . See Numb. xi. 18. — Jos. iii. 5 
— vii. 13. — 1 Sam. xvi. 5. Joel ii. 16. 

XXII. God doth sanctify Christians. 1 Thess. iv. 3. Tliis is the will 
of God, even your sanctification. 

V. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray 
God, your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless un- 
to the coming of our Lord Jesus. 

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet to be partakers of the 
inheritance of the sauits in light. 

Ps. lx::xiv. 11. The Lord will give grace and glory. 

XXIII. God sanctifcth Christians by his ivord and Sjiirit. John 
xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth. Ver. 19. 

Rom. XV. 16. That the offering of the Gentiles might be accepta- 
ble, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. iii. 18. We arc changed into the image of Christ by the 
Spirit of the Lord. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God has chosen you to salvation through sanctifi- 
cation of the Spirit andbelief of the truth. Acts xx. 32. 1 Pet, i. 2. 

XXIV^. Justification and sanctification exjiressed in other words. 

Gjd doth ivash. Ps. Ii. 2. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities 
and cleanse me from my sin. 

Ver. 7. Wash thou me and I shall be whiter than the snow. 

Isa. i. 18 Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as vrliite as 
snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

iv. 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the 
daughter of Zion. 

Ezek. xvi. 4, Thou wast not vrashed. Ver. 9. I washed thee with 
v/ater. 

Rev. i. 5. Unto him (Christ) that loved us, and vrashed us from 
pur sins, in his own blood. 

Ver. 6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his 
Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes and made them white in 
ihe blocd of the Lamb. 

Ducy to %vash ourselves. Ps. xxvi. 6. I vrill vrash my hands in in- 
nocence. Ps. Ixxiii. 12. 

Isa. i. 16. Wash you, make you clean. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem wash thine heart from vrickedness, that 
thou mavest be saved. 



so SancUjicatioTu Chap. III. 

Acts xxii. 15. Be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling upon 
the name of the Lord. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near unto God, with a true heart in full 
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science, and our bodies washed with pure water. 

XXV. God doth cleanse. Ps.xix. 12. Cleanse thou me from secret 
faults. Ps. li. 10. 

Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all iniquity, whereby thev 
have sinned against me. Ezek. xxxvii. 23. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Then wili I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
you shall be clean from all your iilthiness. See Efficacy of Christ't^. 
blood. 

Eph. vi. 26. That he might cleanse the church, Sec. 1 John 
i. 9. 

Duty to cleanse ourselves. Matt, xxiii. 26. Thou blind Pharisee, 
cleanse first that which is within. 

2 Cor, vii. 1 . Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of 
flesh and spirit. Sec Isa. i. 16. — lii. 11. — Jam. iv. 8. — Ps. cxix. 9. 

Pro7nises to the cleansed. Job xvii. 9. Ps. xviii. 20, 24. — xxiv. 24. 
-—1 xxiii. i. 

XXVI. God doth purge. Ps. Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions thou 
wilt purge them away. See Ps. li. 7. — Ixxix. 9. 

Isa. i. 25. I will purely purge away thy dross. 

vi. 7. He said, thine iniquity is taken away, thy sin is purged. 

xxvii. 9. By this (affliction) shall the iniquity of Jacoo be purged, 
and this is ail the fruit to take away his sin. 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Because I have purged thee, and thou wast not 
purged, thou shalt not be purged any more at all, till I have caused 
my fury to rest upon thee. 

Dan. xi. 35. Some of them shall fall to try them, and to purge^ 
and to make white. 

Mai. iii. 3. He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he 
shall purify the sons Levi, and shall purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. 

Matt. iii. U- John Baptist said, Jesus shall baptise you Vvdth the 
Holy Ghost and with fire. 

Ver. 12. Vv hose fan is in his hand, and he will pur&ly purge his 
floor, and gather his wheat into his garner. 

John XV. 2. Jesus said, every branch in me that beareth fruit, my 
Father purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ by himself purged our sins. See Christ's blood 

Duty, 1 Cor. v. 7 — 2 Tim. ii. 21. 

XXVH. God fiurijieth. Acts xv. 9. God purifying their hearts 
by faith. 

Tit. ii. 1 4. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. See Mai. iii. 3. above. 

Duty. James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, purify your 
hearts, ye double-minded. 

1 Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, 
through the Spirit. 1 Tim. i. 5. Charity out of a pure heart. 

1 John iii. 3. Every one that hath this hope in him purified 



Chap. IIL God forsaketh not his Peoplco 8i 

himself even as he is pure. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of 
a pure heart. 

XXVIII. God doth refine.l%2i.-'A\\\n. 10. Behold I have refined thee 
but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction . 

Zech. xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is refined, and 1 wijl try 
them as gold is tried. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and fuller's soap. Ver. 3. 
XXIX. The Lord is a God unto hi^ /leople^ he is with them and among; 

them. 

Exod. xxix. 45. I will dv/ell among the children of Israel, and L 
will be their God. Ch. xx. 2. 

Ver. 46. And they shall knov/ that I am the Lord their God, 

Lev. xxvi. 11. I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul 
.shall not abhor you. 

Ver. 12. I will walk among you, and I will be your God, and yt.- 
shall be my people. 

Ps. xlviii. 14. This is our God for ever and ever, he will be our 
guide, even unto death. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed I 
am thy God. 

Jer. vii. 23. Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall 
be my people. Ch. xxx. 18, 22. 

Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I am jealous for Zion^ 

Ver. 8. I will be their God in truth and in righteousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. I Vvdll dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will 
be their God, and they shall be my people. 

Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be called their God. 

Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he 
will dwell vrith them, and they shall be his people, and God himself 
shall be with them, and be their God. 

XXX. God forsaketh not his ficople. Deut. iv. SI. The Lord thy 
God is a merciful God, he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, 
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers. See Ch. xxxi. 6, 8. Jos. i. 5.. 
"—1 Chr. xxviii. 20. Neh. ix. 17, 19, 31. 

1 Sam. xii. 22. The Lord will not forsake his people, for his 
great name's sake, because it hath pleased the Lord to mal^e you hi? 
pvople. 

Ezra ix. 9. God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath ex* 
>.ended mercy to us, in the sight of the kings of Persia. 

Ps. ix. 10. Thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

xxxvii. 28. He forsaketh not his saints, they are preserved for 
ever. Ver. 25. 

xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he 
forsake his inheritance. 

Isa. xiii. 16. Iwill make darkness light before them, and crooked 
things straight, kc. These things will 1 do, and not forsake them. 

xliv. 21. Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my 
servant ; I have formed thee, thou art my servant ; O Israel, thou 
shalt not be forgotten of me. 

xlix. 14. But Ziou said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. 



82 Cod doth not reject his Pc'jplc, Chap. Hi. 

Isa. xlix. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she 
should not have compassion on the son of her womb ? yea, they may 
forget, yet I will not forget. 

xlix. 16. Behold 1 have graven thee on the palms of my hands, 
thy walls are continually before me. 

liv. 7. For a small moment have I Torsaken thee, but with great 
mercies will I gather thee. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted but not forsaken. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Be content, for he hath said, I will never leave thee« 
Ror forsake thee. 

XXXI. Prayers that God would not forsake his peofile. 1 Kings 
viii. 57. The Lord be with us, let him not leave us nor forsake us. 

Ps. xxvii. 9. Leave me not neither forsake me, O God of my sal- 
vation. See Ps. xxxviii. 21. — Ixxi. 9, 18. — cxix. 8. — cxxxviii. 8. 

XXXU. God forsaketh the wicked. Deut. xxxi. 16. The Lord said, 
this people will forsake me, and break my covenant. 

Ver. 1 7. Then mine anger shall be kindled against them, and I 
will forsake them. 

Judg. vi. 1 3. The Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into 
the hands of enemies. 

2 Kings xxvi. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will forsake the rem- 
nant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hands of their ene- 
mies, because of their sins. 

2 Chr. xii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, ye have forsaken me, and there- 
fore have i left you in the hand of your enemies. 

XV. 2. If ye forsake the Lord, he will forsake you. Ch. xxiv. 20. 

Ps. Ixxviii. 60. He forsook the tabernacle of Shilo. Ver. 61. 

Jer. xii. 7. I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage, 
I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her 
enemies. 

xxiii. 39. I will utterly forget you, and forsake you, and the city 
that I gave your fathers. Ver. oo, 

XXXIII. God doth not cast off nor reject his people. Lev. xxvi. 43, 
Vv'hen they accept the punishment of their iniquity. 

Ver. 44. I will not cast them away, neither abhor them to destroy 
them utterly. 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord had compassion on his people, and 
would not destroy them, neither cast them off. 

Neh. i. 9. If ye turn unto me and keep my commandments, though 
ye were cast out, I v,ill gather you. 

Job. viii. 20. God will not cast away a perfect man. 

Ps. c::iv. 14. The Lord will not cast off his people. Amosiii. 31. 

Isa. xii. 9. I have chosen thee and not cast thee away. 

Jer. xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, if my covenant be not with 
day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinance of heaven 
and earth ; 

Ver. 26. Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, I will cause 
their captivity to return and have mercy on them. Ver. 20. Ch.xxxi, 
37. Lam. iii. 31, 32. 

Zech. X. 6. They shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I 
am the Lord their God. Ezek. xi. 19. Mic. iv. 7. 



Chap. III. God a Father, 83 

Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people which he fore- 
knew. Ver. 4. 

XXXIV. Prayers against being cast off. Ps. xliii. 2. Vv'hy dost 
thou cast me off ? why go I mourning ? 

Ver. 3. O send out thy light and truth, let them lead me, Sec. 
xliv. 9. O Lord cast us not off for ever. Ps. Ixxiv. 1. Ps. Ixxvii. T. 
Jer. xiv. 19, 21. 

li. 1 1. Cast me not away from thy presence. 
Ixxi. 9. Cast me not off in time of old age. 

XXXV. God casteth off and rejecteth the wicked. 2 Kings xvii. 20. 
Because of their wickedness the Lord rejected the seed of Israel, 
and aiflicted them. Ch. xxiii. 27. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake the Lord he will cast thee off 
for ever. 

Ps. xliv. 9. "Thou hast cast off and put us to shame. Ps. Ix. 1, 10. 
— Ixxxix. 38. — cviii. 11. 

Ixxiii. 18. Thou castedst the wicked down to destruction. Ps. v. 10, 

Ixxxix. 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease, thou hast cast his 
throne down to the ground. Ps. cxlvii. 6. 

Jer. vi. 30. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord 
hath rejected them. 

Jer. vii. 15. Because ye have done these evil works, saith the 
Lord, I will cast you out of my sight. Ver. 20, Ch. xv. 1, 2. — xxiii. 
a9.— lii. 3. 

xvi. 12. Ye have done evil. 

Ver. 13. Therefore I will cast you out of this land, into another 
land, where I will shew you no favour. Ch. xxii. 26. 

Lam. V. 22. Thou hast utterly rejected us and art wroth against ug^ 

Ezek. xxviii. 16. I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain 
of God. 

xxxii. 4. I will cast thee forth upon the open field. 

Ver. 8. The bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee. 

Hos. ix. ir. God will cast them away because they did not hear- 
ken unto him. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn 
doA^Ti and cast into the fire. 

viii. 12. The children of the kingdom shall be cast into utter dark- 
ness. 

xiii. 48. See the parable of the net and fishers casting the bad fish 
away. 

Luke ix. 25. What is a man advantaged if he lose his ovv-n soul, 
or be cast away. 

John XV. 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branci^ 
and is withered. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I be cast away. 

Heb. vi. 8. That ground which beareth thorns and briars is reject- 
ed, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. 

xii. 17. Esau Vv^as rejected. 

GOD A FATHER. 

XXXVI. God a father to his p.eo/ile. Exod. iv. 22. Thus sdth the 
Lord. Israel is my son, Gven mv first born, Jer. xxxi.. 9. Rom. ix. 1. 

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84 God a Father, Chap. III. 

Exod. iv. 23. Let my son go. Hos. xi. 1. 
Dent. yiv. 1. Ye are the children of the Lord your God. 
Isa. xliii. 6. Bring my sons from afar^ and my daughters from 
the ends of the earth. Ch. xlv. 1 \. 

Ixiii. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, thovigh Abraham be ig- 
Dor?^nt of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : thou, O Lord, art our 
Father, our Redeemer. Ver. 8. 

Ixiv. 8. Thou, Lord, art our Father, v/e are the clay, and thou our 
potter, we ire all the work of thine hands, 

Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? 

Hos. i. 10. In the place where it was said, ye are not my people, 
tliere shall it be said unto you, ye are the sons of the living God. 

Mai. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father ? hath not one God crea- 
ted us ? 

Matt. vi. 9. Our Father which art in heaven. 

xxiii. 9. One is your Father which is in heaven. 

John XX. 17. Jesus said, I ascend to my Father, and your Father, 
to my Gcd and your God 

Rom. ix. 25. To us there is but one God the Father, of whom are 
all things. 

2 Cor. vi. 18. I will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons 
and daughters, saith the Lord almighty. Jer. xxxi. 1, 9. Hos. i. 10. 

Eph. iv 6. There is one God and Father of all, who is above all 
and through all, and in you all. 

XXXVII. How any of mankind come into the relation of children^ of 
sons and daughters unto God, besides that of being created by God. John 
i. 12. To as many as received Christ, to them gave he power tobe-^ 
come the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. 

Ver. 13. Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of God. 

John iii. 3. Jesus said, except a man be born again, he cannot en- 
ter into the kingdom of God. 

Ver. 5. Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he can- 
not enter into the kingdom of God. Tit. iii. 5,6. 

Ver. 6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is 
born of the Spirit is spirit. 

Ver. 7. Marvel not that I said ye must be born again. 

Ver. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the 
sound thereof, canst not discern whence it cometh and whither it go- 
eth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God, by faith in Jesus Christ. 
— iv. 4. God sent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the 
law to redeem them that were under the law ; 

Ver, 5. Th.at we might receive the adoption of sons. 

Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us In Christ before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in 
love. 

Ver. 5. Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by 
Jesus Christ, to himself according to the good pleasure of his will. 

Ver. 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath 
made us accepted in the beloved. 

1 Pet. i. 22. Love one another with u pure heart fervently. 



Chap, III. God a Father. 85 

1 Pet. i. 23. Ye being bom again not of corruptible seed, but oi 
incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. 

James i. 8. C3f his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that 
we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 

2 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resur- 
rection of Jesus Christ. Lukex:v. 26. The children of the resurrection. 

1 John iii. l. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestow- 
ed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. 

XXXVIII. Blessings from God as a Father to Ms people., as his 
children* 

Matt. vi. 6. Thy Father shall reward thee openly, 

Ver. S. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before 
ye ask him. 

Ver. 14. Your heavenly Father will forgive your trespasses. 

X,. 29. A sparrow shall not fall to the ground without your Father, 

Ver. 30. The very hairs of your head are numbered. 

Ver. 31. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many 
sparrows. 

xiii 43. The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the king- 
dom of their Father. 

xviii. 14. It is not the will of your Father that one of these little 
ones should perish. 

Luke xii. 32. p'ear not little flock, it is your Father's good will to 
give you the kingdom. 

John xi. 5 1. The high priest prophesied, that Jesus should die, 

Ver. 52. And gather together in one the children of God. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you and peace from God ovir Father. 

viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, 
Abba Father. Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth 
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father. 

Ver. 1 6. The Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 
the children of God. 

Ver. 17. And if children then heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs 
with Christ. Gal iv. 7. If a son then an heir of God through Christ. 

Ver. 19. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the 
manifestation of the Sons of God. 1 John iii. 2. 

Ver, 2 i . The creature shall be delivered from the bondage of cor- 
ruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

2 Cor. i. 3. God is to us the Father of m.ercies, a God of all com- 
fort. 

Eph. ii. 8. Through Christ we have access by the Spirit, unto the 
Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Father hath loved us, and given us everlas- 
ting consolation and good hope through grace. 

Heb. ii. 10. Bringing many sons unto glory. 

Jam. i. 17. Every good and perfect gift, cometh from the Father 
of lights. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son 
Jesus Christ. 

ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Father. 

iii. 2. BeloYed, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not appeal' 



86 God a Father, Chap, III. 

what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear we shall 
be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 

Jiide ver. 1. Sanctified by God the Father, preserved in Jesus 
Christ, and called. 

XXXIX. Marks and characters of God's children in the exercise of 
the graces, a7id practice of the duties of religion. Mai. i. 6. If I be a 
Father, where is mine honour, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. V. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called 
the children of God. 

Ver. 16. Let your lij;^ht so shine before men, that they seeing 
your good Wvorks, may glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

Ver. 44. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good 
to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, 
and persecute you. 

Ver. 45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in 
heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, 
and sendeth rain on the just, and on the unjust. Luke vi. 35. 

iv. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you. 

Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your Father also is merciful. 

Ver. 48. Be ye perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

John. iv. 23. The true worshippers shall worship the Father in 
spirit and in truth. 

Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit, are the sons of 
God. Ver. 16. 

Eph. v. 1. Be ye followers of God as dear children, and walk in 
love, as Christ also hath loved us. Ver. 2. 

Ver. 20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God the Father, 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. James iii. 9. With the tongue 
bless we God, even the Father. Phil. iv. 20. Unto God our Father, 
be glory for ever and ever. 

Phil. ii. 14. Do all things witho^ murmurings, and dispu tings. 

Ver. 15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God 
Vv ithout rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among 
whom ye shine as lights in the world. 

Heb. xii. 5. The exhortation speaketh unto you as unto children, 
my son despise not ihou the chastening of the Lord, neither fuint 
when thou art rebuked of him. 

Ver. 6. For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth 
every son whom he receiveth. 

Ver. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with 
sons, for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not. 

Ver. 8. If ye be without chastisement whereof all are partakers, 
then are ye bastards and not sons. 

Ver. 9. Shall we not be in subjection to the Father of spirits and 
live ? 

Ver. 10. He chasiened us for our profit that we might be partak- 
ers of his holiness. 

1 Pet. i. 14. As cbedient children, not fashioning yourselves ac- 
cording: to the former lusts in your iarnorance : 

Ver. 15. But as he v»hich hath calied you is holy, so be ye holy 
in all manner of conversaiion. 



Chap. IIL God a Father, 87 

1 Pet. i. 17. Call on the Father, and pass the time of your sojourn- 
ing here in fear. 

Ver. 22. Love one another v/ith a pure heart fervently. 

Ver. 25. Ye being born again not of corruptible seed, but of in- 
corruptible by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. 

1 John ii. 29. Every one that doth righteousness is born of God. 

iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, for his 
seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God- 
Ch. V. 18. 

1 John iii. 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the 
children of the devil ; whosoever doth not righteousness is not of 
God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 

iv. 7. Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 

V. 1 . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. 

Ver. 4. Whosoever is born of God, overcometh the world. 

Ver. 18. He that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that 
wicked one toucheth him not. 

Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh, shall be my son. 

XL. The wicked are stiled the children of ^whatever evil firinci^ile 
reigns in thein^ and so are called^ 

Children of the devil. John viii. 44. Acts xiii. 10. 1 John iii. 10. 

Children of Belial. Deut. xiii. 13. Judg. xx. 13. 1 Sam. x. 27. 
1 Kings xxi. 10. 

Children of the wicked one. Matt. xiii. 38. 

Children of wickedness. 2 Sam. vii. 10. 

Children of transgression. Isa. Ivii. 4. 

Children of iniquity. Hos. x. 9. 

Children of disobedience. Eph. ii. 2. — v. 6. Col. iii. 6. 

Children of this world. Luke xvi. 8. — xx. 34. 1 John ii. 15. 

Children of the flesh. Rom. ix. 8. 

Children of Ethiopians. Amos ix. 7. 

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. xxxii. 20. 

Backsliding children. Jer. iii. 14. 

Foolish children. Jer. iv. 22. 

Impudent children. Ezek. ii. 4. 

Rebellious children. Isa. i. 2. Jer. xxx. 1. 

Lying children. Jer. xxx. 9. 

Children of wrath. Eph. ii. 3. 

Cursed Children. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 
XLI. Under God their hea-uenlij Father^ christians are brethren and 
sisters^ and owe to each other the duties of that relation. 

Matt, xviii. 35. Forgive every one his brother's trespass. 

Rom. xii. 10. With brotherly love, preferring one another. 

xiv. 1 3. Let no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall 
in his brother's way. 

xvi. 17. I beseech ye, brethren, mark them which cause divisions, 
and offences, and avoid them. 

I Cor. v. n. If any one that is called a brother, be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner, with such a one do not eat. 

vi. 5. Is there not one among you able to judge between his bre- 
thren. Ver. 6, 8. 



88 Salvation — God a Saviour, Chap. III. 

1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye sin against the brethren, ye sin against 
Christ. Vcr. 11, 13. 

1 Thcss. iv. 6. Let no man go beyond, and defraud his brother in 
any matter, because the Lord is the avcn&-er of ail such. 

V. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 2 Thess. iii. 1. 

2 Thess. iii. 6. We command you brethren in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother 
that vv'alkelh disorderly. 

Heb. xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 1 Pet. iii. 8. Love as 
brethren. 

Jam. ii. 15. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily 
food ; 

Ver. 16. And one of you say unto them, depart in peace, be ye 
warmed, and filled, notwithstanding ye gave them not those things 
which are needful to the body, what doth it proiit ? 

1 Pet. i. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls, in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit, unto the unfeigned love of the brethren, see 
that ye love one another with a pure heart, fen^ently. 

ii. 17. Love the brotherhood. 

1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his brother is in darkness. Ch. iii. 15. 
He is a murderer. 

1 John iii. 15. We know that we have passed from death unto 
life, because we love the brethren. 

Ver. 16. W^e ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 

Rev xii. 10. Satan the accuser of the brethren is cast out. 

XLH. Christ is the elder brother. John xx. 17. Jesus said, go un- 
to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and 
your Father, to my God and your God. 

Rom. viii. 29. Whom he did foreknow, he did predestinate to be 
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-bory 
among many brethren. 

Heb. ii. 11. Fie is not ashamed to call them brethren. 

Ver. 12. Saying, I Mill declare thy name unto my brethren. 

Ver. 17. It behoved him to be made like unto his brethren. 

SALVATION. 

XLIII. God is a Saviour, 2 Sam. xxii. 3. The God of my rock, 
my Saviour. 

Ps. cvi. 21. They forgot God their Saviour. 

Isa. xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy 
Saviour. Isa. Ix. 16. 

xlix. 26. I will feed them, that oppress thee, with their own flesh, 
and they shall be drunken with their own blood, and all flesh shall 
know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the migh- 
ty one of Jacob. Zech. xiv. 12. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof, in time of 
trouble, why shouldst thou be a stranger in the land ? 

Hos. xiii. 4. There is no Saviour besides me, saith the Lord. Isa. 
sliii. 1 1 .—xiv. 21. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 

1 Tim. ii. 3, 4. God our Saviour, who ^vill have all men to be sav- 
»?d, and come to the knowledge of the truth. 



Chap. III. God saveth his People, 89 

1 Tim. iv. 10. The living God, is the saviour of all men, especial- 
ly of those that believe. 

Jude ver. 25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. 

God' saveth his fieojile. Deut. xxxiii. 29. Who is like thee, a peo- 
ple saved by the Lord .? compare Exod. xiv. 13, 14, 30. — xv. 2. Numb. 
X. 9. Deut. XX. 4. I Sam. xi. 13.— xix. 5. 

1 Sam. xiv. 6. There is no restraint to the Lord, to save by ma- 
ny or by few. Ver. 39. 2 Chron. xiv. 11. — xx. 17. 

xvii. 14. The Lord saveth not with sword and spear. Ps. xx. 6. 
The Lord saveth with the saving strength of his right hand. Ps. 
cxxxviii. 7. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2. David said, the Lord is my rock, and my fortress, 
and my deliverer. 

Ver. 3. The God of my rock, in him will I trust ; he is my shield, 
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, and 
my Saviour ; thou savest me from violence. 

Ver. 36. Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation. 

Ver. 47. The Lord liveth, blessed be my rock, exalted be the 
God of my salvation. Psr xviii. 2. — xxxv. 46. 

Ps. iii. 8. Salvation beiongeth unto the Lord. Isa. xliii. 11. Hos, 
xiii. 4. Jonah ii. 9. 

xxvii. 1 . The Lord is my light, and my salvation. Ps. Ixii. 6. 
Isa. xii. 2. 

Ixii. 7. God is my salvation and my glory, the rock of my strength. 
Ps. XXV. S. — xl. 2. And my refuge is in God. Ps. Ixviii. 19, 20. 

Ixix. 35. God will save Zion, he will build Jerusalem. 

Ixxi. 34. Thou hast given commandment to save me. 

Ixxiv. 12. God is my king of old, working Scxlvatioii in the earth. 

xcviii. 2. The Lord hath made known his salvation. 

Ver. 3. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our 
God. 

cxl. 7. O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast 
covered my head in the day of battle. 

cxliv. 10. He giveth salvation unto kings. Ch. xci. 16. 

Isa. xii. 2. Behold God is my salvation, I will trust and not be 
afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. 

XXV. 9. Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will 
save us, this is the Lord we have waited for him, we will be glad and 
rejoice in his salvation. 

xxvi. I. Salvation will God appoint for walls and buhvarks. Ck- 
xxxiii. 6, 22. 

xxxv. 4. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, be strong, fear 
not, behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a 
recompence ; he will come and save you. 

xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and that 
formed thee, O Israel, fear not, I have redeemed thee. 

Ver. 2. When thou passest through the waters, I Vv-ill be witk 
thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overiiovr' thee, vrhenthou 
walkest through the nre tho« shalt not be burnt, neither sh?^ll thfc 
flame kindle upon ihee. 



90 To whom Salvation is proviised. Chap. III. 

Isa. xliii. 3. For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel, 
thy Saviour. 

Ver. 11. I, even I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no Sa- 
viour. Ch. xlv. 21. Hos. xiii. 4. 

xlv. 8. Drop down, ye heavens from above, and let the skies pour 
down rignteousness, and let the earth open, and let thenj bring forth 
salvation, and let righteousness spring up together. I the Lord 
have created it. Ver. 14, 15. 

xlix. 25. Thus saith the Lord, I will contend with him t^at con- 
tendeth with thee, I will save thy children. 

Ver. 26. I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh, 
and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet 
wine. 

All flesh shall know, that I the Lord, am thy Saviour, and thy 
Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Zech. xiv. 12. 

Isa. lix. 1. The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot 
save. 

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, 
and from the multitude of mountahis, truly in the Lord our God is 
the Salvation of Israel. Ps. cxxi. 1. 

XV. 20, I am with thee, to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the 
Lord. Ch. xxx. 11, 15. — xlii. 11. 

xxiii. 6. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell 
safely. 

xxx. 7. It is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out 
of it. Ver. 10. Ch. xiv. 8, 9. 

xlvi. 27. Fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismay- 
ed, O Israel, for behold I will save thee from afar-oft", and thy seed 
from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return and be in rest, 
and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Zech.viii. 9. — x. 6. 
— xii. 7. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 22. I will save my flock, and they shall no more be 
a prey by the carelessness of their shepherds. 

xxxvi. 29. I will save them from all their uncleanness. 

xxxvii. 23. I will save them and I will cleanse them, so they shall 
be my people, and I will be their God. 

Hos. i. 7. I will have mercy on the house of Jacob, and I will save 
them by the Lord. Ch. xiii. 10. Zech. iii. 17, 19. 

XLIV. Perso7is to ivhom salvation is jiromised. Job xxii. 29. God 
shall save the humble person. See Promises to the Humble. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in heart. Prov.xxviii. 18. See 
Upright. 

xvii. 7. Thou savest them which put their trust in thee. See Trust 
in God. 

xxxiv. 18. The Lord saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. See 
Contrite. 

xxxvii. 40. He shall save the righteous, because they trust in him. 

1. 23. To him that ordereth aright his conversation, I will shew 
the salvation of God. 

Ixxii. 13. He shall save the souls of the needy. Ver. 4. Job v, 
J 5. Ps. xxxiv. 6. — cix. 31. 



Chap. III. Salvation prayed for. 91 

Ps. Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that fear him. Ps. cxlv. 19. 
c:dx. 94. I am thine, save me, for I have sought thy precepts. 
Ver. 146. Save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 
Ver. 166. I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy command- 
ments. 

cxlix. 4. He will beautify the meek with salvaticm. 
Prov. XX. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. Isa. 
xxv. 9. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that 
thou mayest be saved. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized shall be saved. 
Luke vii. 50. x\cts xvi. 31. Rom. x. 9. Heb. x. 39. See salvation by 
Christ. 

Salvation firayedfor. 1 Sam. vii. 8. The people said to Samuel, 
cease not to cry unto the Lord our God, that he will save us out of 
the hands of the Philistines. 

Ver. 10. The Lord discomfited the Philistines. 
2 Kings xix. 19. Hezekiah prayed, and said, O Lord, save us out 
of the hands of the king of Assyria, that all kingdoms of the earth 
may know, that thou art the Lord God, even thou only* 

Ver. 34. And the Loixl said, I will defend this city, to save it. 
Isa. xxxvii. 20, 35. 

Ver. oS. And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the 
Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians, an hundred 
and fourscore, and five thousand. 2 Chron. xxxii. 22. 

2 Chron. vi. 41. Let thy priests, O Lord, be cloathed with salva- 
tion. 

Ps. iii. 7. Save me, O my God. 

vi. 4. Deliver my soul, O save me for thy mercies sake. Ps. xxxi. 
16. — cix. 26. 
vii. 8. Save me from all them that persecute me. 
xiv. 7. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. 
xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God, of my salva- 
ion. Ps. li. 14. — Ixxxviii. 1. 
xxviii. 9. Save thy people, bless thine inheritance. Jer. xxxi. 7. 
xxxi. 2. Be thou for an house of defence to save me. 
XXXV. 5. Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation, 
xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. 
li. 12. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation. 
iiv. 1. Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy 
strength. 

Iv. 16. I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me. 
lix. 2. Save me from bloody men. 

Ixix. 1. Save me, O God, for the waters are come into my soul. 
Ver. 13. Hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 
Ver. 29. Let thy salvatij-n, O God, set me on high. 
Ixxi. 2. Incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 
Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God, of our salvation, for the glory of thy 
name. 

Ixxx. 2. Stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 
Ver. 3. Cause thv face to shine, and we shall be saved. 



92 God a Defence. Chap. III. 

Ps. Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of oui- salvation, and cause thine 
anger toward us to cease. 

Ver. 7. Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and ijrant us thy salvation. 

cvi. 4. O visit me with thy salvation. 

xlvii. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the 
heaihen. 

cvii. 13, They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved 
them out of all their distresses. Ver. 19. 

cxviii. 21. Save me, I beseech thee, O Lord. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy 
salvation, according to thy word. 

Ver. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of 
ihy righteousness. Ver. 81, 174. 

Ver. 146. Save me, and I shall keep tViy testimonies. 

Ver. 155. Save us from the wicked, for they keep not thy statutes. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious to us, be thou their arm, every 
morning, our salvation also, in time of trouble. 

Jer. ii. 27. In the time of their trouble, they will say, arise and 
save us. 

XLV. Sahatio7i is cf grace. Ps. vi. 4. O save me for thy mercies sake. 

Ixxx. 3. Cause thy face to shine upon us, and we shall be saved. 

cvi. 4. He saved them for his name's sake. 

Acts ii. 47. The Lord added to the church daily such as should 
be saved. 

Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved. \'er. 8. By grace ye are saved 
through faith, and that not of yourselves^ it is the gift of God. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, 
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose a.nd 
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 

Tit. iii. 5. Not according to works of righteousness which we had 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us. 

XLVL The word of God, a mean of salvation, Rom. i. 16. The 
gospel is the power of God to salvation. 

1 Cor. i. 18. Unto us who are saved, the preaching of the cross of 
Christ is the power of God. 

Ver. 21. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save 
them that believe. 

XV. 2 Ye are saved by the gospel, if ye keep in memory what I 
preached unto you. 

Jam. i. 21. The ingrafted word is able to save your souls, 

1 Pet. iii. 2 1 . Baptism doth now save us. 

XLVII. The viiiiistrij a mean of salvation. 1 Cor. ix. 22. I am 
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 

1 Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine; 
continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and 
ihem that hear thee. 

Jam. V. 20. He which convertcth the sinner from the error of his 
way, shall save a soul from death. 

Jude ver. 23. Others save with fear, &c. 

GOD A DEFENCE. 

XLVIII. God is the defence of his peo file. Num. xiv. 9. Their 
defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us, fear them not. 



Chap. III. Redemption — God a Redeemer. 93 

2 Kings xix. 54. The Lord said, I'will defend this city to save it, 
for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, 

Ver. 25. Yea the Almighty shall be thy defence. 

Ps. V. 11. Let those that put their trust in thee rejoice, because 
thou defendest them. 

vii. 10. Our defence is of God, who saveth the upright in heart. 

XX. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble, the name of the 
God of Jacob defend thee. 

xxxi. 2. Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save 
me. 

Ver. 3. For thou art my rock and my fortress. 

lix. 1. O my God defend me from them that rise up against me. 

Ver. 9. I will wait upon thee, for God is my defence. Ver. 17. 
Ps. Ixii. 2, 6. 

Ver. 16. Thou hast been my defence and m.y refuge in the day 
of trouble. 

Ixxxix. 1 8. The Lord is our defence, the holy one of Israel is our 
King. 

Isa. iv. 5. Upon all the glory shall be a defence, upon mount Zion. 

xxxi. 5. The Lord of hosts will defend Jerusalem, also he will de- 
liver it, and will preserve it. 

Isa. xxxiii. 15. He that worketh righteousness. Sec, 

Ver. 16. He shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be the 
munition of rocks, bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure. 

Zech. ix. 15. The Lord of hosts shall defend his people, and they 
shall devour and subdue their enemies. 

xviii. 8. The Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 
he that is feeble among them shall be as David, and the house of 
David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them 

REDEMPTIOiV. 

XLIX. God a redeemer. Is. xli. 14. Fear not, I will help thee, 
saith the Lord thy redeemer. 

xlvii. 4. As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name. 

liv. 8. With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith 
the Lord thy redeemer. 

Ix. 16. Thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy saviour, and thy 
redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Ch. xliv. 6. — xlviii. 17. — xlix. 
7, 26. — Ixiii. 16. Jer. 1. 34. Ps. xix. 14 — Ixxviii. 55. 

L. God redeemeth his fieofde from enemies and other evils. Exod. vi. 
6. The Lord said I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and 
with great-judgments. 

Ver. 7. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to 
you a God. 2 Sam. vii. 23. Isa. xiiii. 1. 

XV. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth thy people, which thoa 
hast redeemed. Ps. Ixxvii. 15. 

Deut. vii. 8. The Lord redeemed you out of the house of bondage. 
Ch. xiii. 5. — XV. 15. — xxiv. 18. Mic. vi. 4. 

xxi. 8. Be merciful unto thy people, O Lord, whom thou hast re- 
deemed. Neh. i. 10. Ps. Ixxiv. 2. 



94 God a Coumellor, Chap. III. 

Ps. cvi. 10. He redeemed them fiom the hand of the enemy. Ps. 
cvh. 2. — cxi. 9. — cxxxvi. 24. Mic. iv. 10. 

cxxxviii. 10. The Lord shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 
Isa. i. 27. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified him- 
self in Israel. Ch. xxiv. 

1. 2. Is mine hand shortened that it cannot redeem ? 

li. 11. The redeemed of the Lord shall return and comie to Zion. 
Ch. XXXV. 9. Jer. xxxi. 11, 12. 

lii. 3. Ye shall be redeemed without money. Jer. xv. 21. 

Ixii. 12. They shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of 
the Lord. 

Ixiii. 4. The year of my redeemed is come, saith the Lord. 

Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from the power of the grave, 
and I will redeem them from death. Ps. xlix. 15. 

Zech. X. 8. I w^ill gather them, for I have redeemed thern. 

Threats. Hos. vii. 13. Wo unto them for they have fled from me. 
Destruction unto them for they have transgressed against me, though 
I redeemed them. 

Redemption of particular persons fi'om evils. Gen. xlviii. 16. Jacob 
said, the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads. Isa. 
xxix. 22. The Lord redeemed Abraham. 

2 Sam. ivc 9« David said, the Lord hath redeemed my soul out of 
all adversities 1 Kings i. 29. Ps. xxxi. 5. — Ixxi. 23. 

Job v. 20. In fcimine he shall redeem thee from death, and in war 
from the power of the sword. 

Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants. Ps. 
Ixxii. 14. 

ciii. 3. Bless the Lord, O my soul ; 

Ver. 4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction. Lam. iii. 58. 



GOD A COUNSELLOR. 

LI. God giveth counsel to the righteous. Ps. xvi. 7. I bless the Lord 
who hath given me counsel. 

Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward 
receive m.e to glory. Ps. xxxii. 8. Prov. viii. 14. 

cxix. 24. Thy testimonies are my counsellors. 

Rev. iii. 18. I counsel thee to buy of me raiment, &c. 

LII. God depriveth the wicked of counsel. Job v. 13. He taketh 
the wdse in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is 
carried headlong. 

xii. 17. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh judges 
fools. 

xviii. 7. The wicked's o-wn counsel shall cast him down. 

Ps. V. 10. Let them fall by their own counsel. 

xxxiii. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought. 

Isa. viii. 10. Take counsel and it shall come to nought, for God is 

with us. See Ps. ii. 2, 4. Isa. iii. 1, 3.— xxix. 14. Jer. xviii. 18 - 

xlix. 7. Ezek. vii. 26. Mic. iv. ?., 



Chap, llh God doth tench— Instruct. 95 

GGD DOTH TEACH. 

LIII. God a teacher. Job xxxv. 1 1. God tcacheth us more thant^:e 
beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fo xlz of heaven. 

xxxvi. 22. Who teacheth like him. Ps. xciv. 10, 12. 

Ps. XXV. 8. The Lord will teach sinners in the way. 

Ver. 9. The meek will he teach his way. 

Ver. 12. What man is he thui feareth the Lord? him shall he 
teach the way that he shcdi chiise. Ps. xxx'i. 8.— ixxxv. 13. 

Ixxi. 17. O God, thou hast taught me from my vO':!th. Ps. cxix. 102. 

Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thes to pro^t- 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of tae Lord. Ch, xxv'i;. 26 

Mic. W. 2. The God of Jacob he wiii teach us ci his w . 

Hos. xi. 13. I taught Ephr*.im to go, taking the".. -e arm.s- 

Jer. xxxii. 23. 

Mic. vi. 18. He hath shewed thee, O mar ..:.:: : d. 

Acts ii. 28. Thou hast made known to me t..- - . oi life 

2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined into our hearts, :^ give th-^ 
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 

\ Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God to love one anc.^ , 
cxli. 4. Compare Ps. xviii. 34. 2 Sam. xxii. 35. 

Teaching from God prayed for. Job xxxiv. 32. x h:*t which x « 
not teach thou me. 

Ps. XXV. 4. O Lord teach me thy paths. Ver. 5. 

xxvii. 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord. Ps. Ixxxvi 11. 

xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our 
hearts to wisdom. 

cxix. 12. Tepch me thy statutes. Ver. xxvi- 33, 64, 68, 124, 135. 

Ver 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge. 

Ver. 108. O Lord, teach me thy judgments. 

cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy v/ill, for thou art mv God. 

LIV. The Holy Ghost teacheth, John xiv. 26. The Holy Ghost 
jhall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remenibrciUce. 

1 John ii. 27. The same anointing teacheth you all things, 
Neh. ix. 1 1. Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them. 

INSTRUCT. 

LV. God doth instruct. Isa. viii. 1 1 . The Lord instructed me that 
I should not walk in the way of the people. 
Jer. xxxi. 19. After that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. 
Phil. iv. 12. Every where, and in all things I am instructed. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. All scripture is profitable for instruction. See Deut, 
iv. 36. — xxxii. 10. Jer. vi. 8. 

LVL God doth direct. Ps. cxix. 5. O that my vrays v/ere directed 
to keep thy statutes. 

Ver. 133. Order thou my steps in thy word. 

Prov. iii. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge the Lord, and he shall 
direct thy paths. 

xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his 
steps. 

Isa. xxx. 11. Thine ears shall hear a voice behind thee, saying, this 



96 God doth lead — Strengthen, Citap. III. 

is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the np;ht hand, and when 
ye turn to the left. 

Isa. xlv. I. I will direct all his ways. 

Ixi. 8. I M'ill direct their work in truth. 

Jer. X. 23. O Lord I know, that the way of man is not in himself, 
it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Prov. xx. 24. Man's 
goings are of the Lord. 

Ps. xxxvii. 23. 'J'he steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 

2 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God. 

LEAD. 

LVIL God doth lead. Deut, xxxii. 12. The Lord alone did lead 
his people. His portion. Isa. Ixiil ]4. 

Ps. V. 8, Lead rae, O Lord, in thy righteousness. 

xxiii. 3. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness. Ps. clxiii. 1 0, 

XXV. 5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God 
of my salvation. Ps. xxxi. 3. — Ix. 9. 

xliii. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth, and let them lead me. 

Ixi. 2. Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. 

cxxxix. 24. Lead me in the way everlasting. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance. 

Promises of God that he ivill lead his jieofile. Isa. xlii. 12. I will 
bring the blind by a way they have not known, I will lead them in 
paths they have not known. See Ch. xlviii. 17. — xlix. 10.— Ivii. 18. 
Jer. xxxi. 9. 

LVIII. Christ doth lead, Isa. xl. 11. He shall gently lead those 
that are with young. 

Isa. Iv. 4. I have given him for a leader to the people. See John 
X. 3. Rev. vii. 17. 

LIX, God doth guide. Ps. xxv. 9, The meek will he guide in 
judgment. 

Ps. xxxi. 3. For thy name's sake, lead me and guide me. 

xxxii. 8. I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which 
thou shalt go, I will guide thee with mine eye. 

xlviii. 14. This is our God, he will be our guide even unto death. 

Ixyjii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward 
receive me unto glory. 

.John xvi. 13. The Spirit of truth shall guide you inio all truth. 
See Isa. Iviii. 11. Jer. iii. 4. Luke i. 79. 

STRENGTHEN. 

LX. God doth strengthen. Gen. xlix. 24. Joseph's bow abode in 
strength, the arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of 
the mighty God of Jacob. 

1 Sam. ii. 4. The bov/s of the mighty are broken, and they that 
stumbled are girt with strength. 

XV. 29. The Strength of Israel will not lie. Ch. xxiii. 16. Jos.xiv. 12. 

I Chron. xvi. 27. Strength and gladness are in his holy place. 

Ver. 14. Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be 
able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, 
and of thine own have we given thee. ■ 

Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is your strength. 



Chap. III. Strength promised— Frayed for. 97 

Job xxiii. 6. Will God plead against me with his great power ? 
no, but he would put strength in me. 

Ps. viii. 2. Out of the mouth of babes thou hast ordained strength. 

xxxvii. 39. The Lord is the strength of the righteous. 

Ixviii. 35. The God of Israel is he that giveth strength unto his 
people. 

ixxxiv. 5. Blessed is the man wliose strength is in thee. V«r. 7 . 

Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of their strength. 

xcix. 4. The kings strength loveth judgment. 

cxivii. 13. O Zion, he hath strengthened the bars of thy gatesi. 

Pro V. viii. 29. The way of the Lord is strength lo tlie upright. 

Isa. XXV. 4. O Lord thou hast been a strength to the poor, and to 
the needy in his distress, 

xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no 
might, he increaseth strength. 

Dan. ii. 37. The God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and 
power, and strength and glory. Ezek. xxx. 24, 25. Judg. iii. 12. 

Hos. vii. 5. I bound and strengthened their arms. 

Amos v. 9. The Lord strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My strength is made perfect in vt^eakness. 

Heb. xi. 11. Through faith, Sarah received strength to conceive. 

Ver. 34. Many out of weakness were made strong. 

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
that Cod giveth. 

Strength fir omised. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall give strength to 
his king. Judg. vii. U. Ps. xxi. 10. 

Job xvii. 9. He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 

Ps. XX. 6. God will hear with the saving strength of his right hand. 

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall 
strengthen thine heart. 

xxix. 1 1 . The Lord will strengthen his poople. 

xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him (that considereth the case of 
the poor,) upon a bed of languishing. 

ex. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion. 

Isa. xxvii. 2. Let him take hold of my strength, and he shall make 
peace with me. 

xl. 31. They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. 

xli. 10. Fear not for I am with thee, I am thy God, I will strength- 
en thee. 

xlv. 24. Surely shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness 
and strength. Mic. v. 4. 

Iii. 1. Put on thy strength, O Zion. 

iiv. 2. Lengthen thy cords, strengthen thy stakes. 

Ver. 3. Thou shalt break forth on the right hand, and on the left. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 16. I will strengthen that which was sick. 

1 Cor. X. 13. God will not suffer you to be tempted above what 
ye are ab^ to bear. See Joel iii. 16. Zech. x. 6. — xii. 5. 

Strength prayed for, 1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord, and his 
strength. Ps. cv- 4. 

Neh. ix. 6. Nehemiah j-:aid, O God, strengthen my hands. See 
Judg. xvi. 22. 



98 God doth uphold. Chap. III. 

Fs. XX. 2. The Lord strengthen thee out of Zion, 

Ixviii. 28. Strengthen) O God, that which thou hast wrought, 
in us. 

Ixxxvi. 16. Give thy strength unto thy servant. 

cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me, according to thy word. 

Eph. iii. 16. V»'e pray that God would grant you to be strength- 
ened with might by his power, in the inner man. Col. i. 11. 

1 Pet. V. 10. The God of all grace, stablish, strengthen, settle you - 
Strengh obtained. Exod. xv. 2. The Lord is my strength and my 

song, he is become my salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. xviii. 2. — 27. 
7 — cxviii. 14. Isa. 12. 2, 

2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me with strength. Ps. xviii. 39. 
Ezra vii. 28. 1 was strengthened, as the hand of the Lord my God 

was upon me. 

Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and makes 
my way perfect. 

xix. 14. O Lord my strength, and my redeemer. Ps. xviii. 1. 
— xxviii. 7. 

xxvii. i. The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be 
afraid? Ps. 43. 2. 

Ps. xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help. 

Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God 

Ixxi. 16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God. 

Ixxiii. 26. God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for 
ever. 

Ixxxi. 1. Sing aloud unto God our strength. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 3. lliou strengthenedst me with strength in my soul 

cxi. 7. O God the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my 
head in the day of battle. Ps. cxliv. 1. 

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge 
in the day of affliction. 

Hab. ix. 3. The Lord is my strength. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong. 

I. Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord hath enabled me. 

2 Tim. iv. 17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, 

UPHOLD. 

LXL God doth ufihold. Ps. xvii. 5. Hold up my goings in thy 
paths, that my foot-steps slip not. 

xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden me up. Ps. Ixiii. 8. 

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeththe righteous. 

xli. 12- Thou upholdest me in mine integrity. 

li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

Ixvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not o?u 
feet to be moved. 

Ixxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb. 

cxix. 117. Hold thou me up, so shall I be in safety. , 

cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fail, he raiseth all that are 
boM ed down. 

Isa. xli. 13. I the Lord, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee; 
fe^r not. for I v.ill help thee. Ps. Ixxiii. 23. 



Chap. III. Safety, 9'^ 

Isa. xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thine hand, and will keep thee. 

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking him by the arms, but 
they knew me not. Ch. vii. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up, for God is able to make him 
stand. 

Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in his right hand. 

SAFETY. 

LXII. God givetli safety* Exod. xxxiv. 24. I will cast out the na- 
tions before thee, and enlarge thy borders, neither shall any man 
desire thy land when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord, 
thrice in the year. 

Lev. XXV. 18. Ye shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and 
do them, and shall dwell in the land safely. Ver. 19. Deut. xii. 10. 

Job V. 11. The Lord doth set on high those that be low, that those 
that mourn may be exalted to safety. Ch. xi. 14, 18. 

Ps. iv. 8. Thou Lord makest me to dwell in safety* Ps. cxix. 1 17. 
1 Sam. xii. 1 1 . 

xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from him that puffeth at him. 
Isa. xiv, 30. The needy shall lie down safely. 

Prov. i. 23. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom shall dwell safely. Ch, 
iii. 21, 23. 

xviii. 10. The nam,e of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous 
runneth into it and is safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, shall be safe. Set- 
safety promised to God's church and people, Jer. xxiii. 6. — xxxii. 
37. Ezek. xxviii. 26. — xxxiv. 25, 28, — xxxviii. 11. Zech.xiv. 11, 
12, 13. 

LXni. God called a shield^ rock^ fortressy refuge^ &c. Gen. xv. L 
The Lord said to Abram, fear not, I am thy shield, and exceeding 
great rev/ard. 

Deut, xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock, his work is perl"ect, all 
his ways are judgment, a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and 
right is he. 

Ver. 31. Their rock is not as our rock, the enemies themselves 
being ju.dges. 1 Sam.ii. 2. 

xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are 
the everlasting arms. 

Ver. xxix. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and the sword of 
thine excellency. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2. David said, the Lord is my rock, and my fortress. 
and my deliverer. 

Ver. 3. The God of my rock, in him will I trust, he is my shield 
and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower, and my refuge, 
and my saviour. Ver. 32, 47, 5 1. Ps. xviii. 2, 31, 35, 46. — iii. 3, — 
cxliv. 2. 

V. 12. Thou Lord wilt bless the righteous with favour, thou wilt 
compass him about, as v/ith a shield. 

ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in 
time of trouble. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart-trust- 

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100 Help. Chap. Ill, 

ed in him, and I am helped, therefore niy heart greatly rejoiceth^ 
and with my sonij will I praise him. 

Ps. xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress, and therefore for 
thy name's sake, lead me and guide me. Ps. Ixi. 2. — Ixxi. 3, 7. 

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waitetl> on the Lord, he is our help and 
shield. Ps. lix. 11. — Ixxxiv. 9. 

xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, why hast thou forsaken me. 

xlvi. 1. God is our rock and strength, a very present help in time 
of trouble. Ver. 7. 11. 

xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth are the Lord's. 

xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion, for a refuge. 

Ivii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until 
the calamities be over past. Ps. Ixi. 4. 

lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and of thy mercy, for thou 
hast been my defence and refuge, in the day of trouble. 

Ixi. 3. Thou hast been a tower, from the enemy. 

Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God. Ver. 
6, 8. 

Ixxxiv. 1 1 . The Lord is a sun and shield. 

Ixxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my 
salvation. Ps. xcv. 1 1. 

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge, and my fortress, 
and my God, in him will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22. — cxv. 9, 
10, II. 

Ps. cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding place, and my shield, I hope in 
thy word. 

cxiii. 4. Refuge failed me, no man cared for my soul. 

Ver. 5. I cried unto thee, O Lord, I said, thou art my refuge and 
my portion, in the land of the living. 

Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord, is strong confidence, and 
his children shall have a place of refuge. 

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous 
runneth into it, and is safe. 

Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge, and covert from the 
storm. 

XXV. 4. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the 
needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the 
heat, when the blast of the terrible ones, is as a storm against the 
wall. 

Jer xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, my refuge, 
in the day of affliction. 

Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold, in the day of trouble. 

Heb. vi. 18. We have fied for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set 
before us, /. e. Christ. 



LXIV. God is anheljier to his people. Deut. xxxiii. 26. Godrideth 
on the heavens in thy help. 

1 Chron. xii. 18. Thy God helpeth thee. 

2 Chron. xxv. 18. God hath power to help, and to cast down, 
xxxii. 8. Vv-'ith us, is the Lord our God to help us. 



Chap. III. Help, 101 

Ps. X, 4. Thou art the help of the fatherless. 

xlvi. 1. God is a very present help, in time of trouble. 

Ixxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath no help. 

Ixxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one that is mighty. 

cxv. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord, he is their help and shield. 
Ver. 10, 11. 

cxlvi. 5. Happy is he, that hath the God of Jacob for his help. 

Hos. ix. 13. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy 
help. 

Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities. 

Heb. iv. 16c Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

xiii. 6. We may boldly say, the Lord is mine helper, I will not 
fear what man shall do unto me. 

Helfifrom God jiromiscd. Gen. xlix. 25. The God of thy Father 
shall help thee, and bless thee. 

Ps. xxxvii. 40. The Lord shall help the righteous, and deliver 
them. 

xlvi. 5. The Lord shall help, and that right early. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, 
for I am thy God, I v/ill strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, 
i \\\\\ uphold thee, with the right hand of my righteousness. Ver. 
13, 14. Ch. xliv. 2. 

Isa. 1. 7. The Lord will help me, therefore \vill I not be confound- 
ed. Ch. xlix. 8. Ps. xlii. 5. 

Help prayed for. Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou an help to Judah from 
his enemies. 

Ps. xii. 1 . Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth. 

XX. 2. Lord send help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee. 

XXXV. 2. Lord stand up for my help. Ps. cix. 26. 

xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Ps. 
xxii. 1, 19 — xl. 13. — Ixx. 1.— Ixxi. 12. 

lix. 4. Awake to help me. 

ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. 
Ps. cviii. 12. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy 
name. 

cxix. 173. Let thine hand make help to me, for I have chosen 
thy precepts. 

Ver. 175. Let thy judgments help me. See 2 Chron. xiv. 11. — 
XX. 4, 9. 

Help from God ackno^cvledged. Exod. xviii. 4. Moses said, the God 
of my Fathers was mine help. 

1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said, hitherto hath the Lord helped me. 

Ps. xxvii. 9. David said, thou hast been mine help, leave me not, 
neither forsake me, O God, of my salvation. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trust- 
eth in him, and I am helped. Ps. xxxiii. 20. 

xl. 17. Thou art my help, and my deliverer. Ps. liv. 4. — Ixx. 5. 
Ixiii. 7. Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadov,' of thy 
wings will I rejoice. 



102 God a Deliverer, Chap. Ill* 

Ps. xciv. 7. Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had dwelt 
in silence. 

cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped me. Ps. cxviii. 13. 

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part, with them that help me. 

cxxi. 1. I Avill lift up mine eyes uiUo the hills, from whence Com- 
eth my help. 

Ver. 2. Mine help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven 
and earth. 

cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven 
and earth. 

Acts xxvi. 22. Having obtained help of God, I continue unto this 
day. See 1 Chron.xv. 26. — 2 Chron.xviii. 3! — xxvi. 7, 15. Ps. xliv. 
6. Isa. xlix. 8. 

LXV. Heljifrom the creatures^ vain. Ps. xxxiii. 17. An horse i? 
a vain thing for safety. 

Ix. 11. Vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. 

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain. 

cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in ihe son of man, in 
whom there is no help. 

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and 
from the multitude of mountains, truly in the Lord our God is the 
salvation of Israel. 

GOD A DELIVERER. 

LXVL God deliverethfrom sickness. Deut. vii. 15. The Lord will 
take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil dis- 
eases of Egypt upon thee. Exod. xv. 26. — xxiii. 25. 

Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's, he shall 
return to the days of his youth. 

Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and 
his life shall see the light. 

Ps. xci. 5. He shall deliver thee, thou shalt not be afraid for the 
terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day. 

Ver. 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for 
the destruction that waste th at noon day. 

ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy 
diseases. Ps. xli. 3. — cxvi. 6. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold 1 will bring health and cure, and I will cure 
them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 

LXVH. God deliverethfrom enemies^ oppression^ is'c. Exod. iii. 8, 
The Lord said, I am come down to deliver my people out of the- 
hand of the Egyptians. 

xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses 
Ch. xviii. 4, 8, 10. Judg. x. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy 
camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee. 

1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said, the Lord delivered me out of the pav, 
of the lion, and out of the power of the bear. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I anointed thee king, and 
delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. Ch. xxii. 2, 18, 20, 49. 



Chap. III. God a Deliverer, 103 

2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, the arrow of the Lord's deliverance. 

xvii. 39. The Lord yonr God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver 
you out of the hand of all your enemies. 

XX. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will deliver thee and this 
city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35, Mic.v. 
6. Isa. xxxi. 5. 

1 Chron. xi. 14. The Lord saveth the Israelites from the Phillis- 
tines, by a great deliverance. 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not destroy them, but will 
grant them a deliverance. 

Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less than our iniquities de- 
serve, and hast given us a deliverance. 

Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou deliver them, according to 
thy mercy. Ps. cvi. 43. 

Job V. 19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles, in seven"there 
shall no evil touch thee. Ps. liv. 7. — Ixxxi. 7. 

xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, deliver him from going down 
to the pit. Ver. 28. 

Ps. xviii. 2. Tlie Lord is mv deliverer. Ver. 17, 43, 48, 50. 

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou deliveredst them. 
Ver. 5. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt compass me about 
with songs of deliverance. 

Iv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace, from battle that was 
against me. 

Ivi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Ps. Ixxxvi. 13. 
— cxvi. 8. 

Ixxviii. 42. They remembered not the day, when he delivered 
them from the enemy. 

Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast in love to my soul, delivered it from 
tlie pit of corruption. 

xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry you, and will deliver 
you. 

Ezek. xiii. 21.1 will deliver my people out of your hand. Ver. 
16. saith God to the false prophets. Ch. xxxiv. 12. 

Dan. vi. 27. God deiivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and 
wonders, in heaven and earth. 

Acts vii. 10. God deiivereth Joseph out of all his afilictions. 

Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us fro n the power of darkness. 
2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conver- 
sation of the wicked. 

LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out 
of Zion the deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. 

Gal. i, 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for us, that he might de- 
liver us from this present evil world. 

I Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivered us from the wrath to come. 
Heb. ii. 15, Jesus took part of flesh and blood, that he might de- 
liver them, who through fear of death, were all their life time sub- 
ject to bondage : By Christ we are delivered from the law. Rom. 
vii. 6.- — From the body of death. Ver. 24, 25 — From the bondage of 
corruption. Ch. viii. 21. 



104 God a Deliverer, Chap. IIL 

D eliverav re prayed foi\ Gen. xxxii. 11. Jacob said, deliver me I 
pray thoe, fi oiii the hand of my brother. 

1 Sarn. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, the Lord plead my cause, and 
deliver nie out of thine hand. 

xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out of all tribulation. 

Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul. 

vii. L Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me, 
Ps. cxHi. 1.— "cxiiii. 9. 

xvii. ir.. Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword, 

XX. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my dailing from the pow- 
er of the doc^. 

XXV. 19. Consider mine ericmies, for they are many, and they hate 
me with a cruel hatred, 

Ver. 20, O keep my soul, and deliver me. 

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies, for 
false witnci^scs are risen up against me. Ps. Ixxiv. 19. 

xxxi. 1. Deliver me in thy righteousness. 

Ver. 2. Bow dov/n thine ear to me, and deliver me speedily. 

Ver. }5. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and frou) 
them that persecute me. 

xh 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. 

Ver. 17. Let them be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my 
soul to destroy it. 

xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Ps. lix. 
2. — Ixxi. 4.—- cxl. L — cxliv. 2, 7, 11. 

xliv. 4. O God command deliverance for Jacob. 

Ver. 5. Through thee we will push down our enemies. 

Ix. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right 
Land. Ps. eviii. 6. 

Ixix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink, let me 
be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters* 

Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine enemies. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliver- 
ed them out of all their distresses. 

Ver. 20. He delivered them from their destructions. 

cix. 20. Let this calamity be the reward of mine adversaries. 

Ver. 21, Because thy mercy is good, do thou deliver me. 

c>^jx. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man. 

Ver. 1 o?->. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me. Ver. 154, 170. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa. xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31. 

LXIX. Persons that shall he deliuered are., the floor and needy . 

•lob xxxvi. 15, He delivered the poor in his affliction. 

Ps. XXXV. 10. Lord, v»'ho is like unto thee? which deliverest the 
poor from him tlvat is too strong for him, yea, the poor and needy 
from him that spoileth him. See Ps. Ixxii. 12. — ixxxii. 4. Isa. xx. 13. 

LXX. Frofiheis and apostles delivered. Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid cf 
their faces, (saith the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee, to 
deliver thee. Ver. 19, Ch. xv. 19, 20, 21. Ch. xxxix. 17. 

Acts xxvi. 17. I am Jesus, who have appeared unto thee, deliver- 
ing thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now 
send thee. 



Chap. III. God a Deliverer, K>5 

2Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great a death, and doiK 
deliver, in whom we trust, that he will yet deliver us. See 2 Tim. 
iii. 11 — -iv. ir, 18. 

LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be dehverccL Job x>di. 30. 
He shall deliver the island of the innocent. 

Ps. xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him; 
upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death, 
xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord delivereth them out 
of ail their troubles. Ver. 7, 19. Ps, xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8. 

xl. 1. lie that considereth the poor, the Lord will deliver him. 
Ver. 2. 

I. 15. Call upon me in the day of tro\ible, and I will deliver thee, 
and thou shalt glorify me. 

xci. 1 4. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I de- 
liver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4, 15. 

Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely, shall be delivered. 
Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel and Job, should be delivered in a city 
devoted to destruction by the Lord. 

Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from 
the fiery furnace. 

Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his servants, that trust- 
ed in him. 

xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that 
shall be found written in the book. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall 
be delivered. Obad. ver. 17. 

LXXIL Deliverance f "J m moral evil, or sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver 
me from all my transgressions. 

li. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God of my salva- 
tion. 

Ixxix. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities. 
Ver. 9. Deliver us and purge away our sin, for thy name'- 
sake. 

cxix. 170. Deliver me according to thy word. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. 

LXXin. God delivereth into natural evil, God delivereth the %vlc'c- 

ed into the hands of their enemies. 
Gen. xiv. 20. Melchczedek said to Abram, blessed be thfi most 
high God, who hath delivered thine enemies into tiiine liand. 

Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, (to his people,) I will deliver the 
inhabitants of the land into thine hand. Deut. iii. 2.™-vii. 2, 3, IG. 
23, 24. 

Num. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up the Canaaniles, and Israel 
destroyed them. 

Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Sihon, &c, Ver. 36. Jung. xi. 
9, 21. 

xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be smitten before thine ene- 
mies. Ver. 29. See this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 28. Nch. ix. 26, 27. 
Ps. IxKviii. 59, 61. Isa. xlii. 24, 25. 

Judg. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, this day the Lord deiivarsd 
thee into mine hand. See 1 Sam. xvii. 46. 



106 God Keepeth. Chap. Ill, 

1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, the man of God was disobedi- 
ent to the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath delivered him 
unto the lion. 

2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not hearken to advice, for it 
came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their 
enemies. 

Isa. xxxiv. 2. The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and 
his fiuy upon all theii- armies, he hath utterly destroyed them, he 
hath delivered them to the slaughter. 

Ver. 3. Their slain shall be cast out, &c. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii. 3, 4, 5. 
Hab.i. 12. 

Jer. XV. 9. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword, be- 
fore their enemies, saith the Lord. 

Jer. XX. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will make thee a terror to thy- 
self, and to all thy friends, and they shall fall by tlie sword of their 
enemies, and I will give Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. 
Ver. 5. 

xxi. 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, behold I will turn back 
the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight a- 
gainst the king of Babylon. 

Ver. 5. And I will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the hands of Ne- 
buchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 9, 10. Ch. xxix. 17, 21. 

xliii. 10. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, take Ne- 
buchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, 

Ver. 1 1. And he shall deliver such as are for death, to death, Sec. 
Ch. xlvi. 26. 

Ezek. xi. 8. I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 9. I will deliver you into the hands of strangers. Ver. 10. 

xvi. 27. For thy wickedness I have diminished thy ordinary food, 
and have delivered thee into the hand of them that hate thee. Mic. 
vi. 14. 5. ^ ^ 

xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful 
to destroy. Ver. 32. Ch. xxiii. 28. — xxv. 7. — xxxi. 10, 11. 

Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not 
done it ? 

Heathens dciivered mto the hands of Israel wete^ Og, Deut. iii. 2. 
Amorites, Jos. x. 12. — Ch. xi. 6. Many kings, Ch^ xxi. 44. All 
their enemies, Judg. iv. I. The Cunaanites, Ch. iv. 7. Sisera, 
Ch. vii. 7. Midianites, Ch. viii. 7. Zeba and Zulmunna, Ch.xi. 32. 
Children of Amnion, Ch. xviii. 15. Philistines, 1 Sam. xxiii. 4, 
Moabites, 2 Kings iii. 18. 

THE LORD DOTH KEEP HIS PEOPLE. 

LXXIV. God doth keep, his servants from evil. Gen. xxviii. 1.'. 
The Lord said to Jacob, behold I am with thee, and will keep thee, 
in all places, whither thou goest, and I wid not leave thee. Ver. 20. 2 I 

Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, behold I send an aiiii^el before 
thee, to keep thee in the v/ay, and to bring thee into the place, whicli 
1 liave prepared. 

Numb. \\<. 23. On this wi'^^e. A^^^oii ^'^d his sons .shttU bless \!\\<i 
'Uiidtcii of I-Liracl, 'i;i\ inir* 



Chap. III. God Keepeth. 107 

Numb. vi. 24. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. 
Ver. 25. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious 
unto thee. 

Ver. 26. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 

Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob, as the apple of his eye. 
Jos. xiv. 10. Moses said, the Lord hath kept me alive, &c. 
1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the feet of his saints, and the 
wicked shall be silent in darkness, for by strength shall no man pre- 
vail. 

XXV. 34. David said, blessed be the Lord, that hath kept his ser- 
vant from doing evil. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, and said, O that thou wouldst 
bless me, and keep me from evil. 

Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life 
from perishing by the sword. 

Ps. xii. 7. Thou wilt keep them, O Lord, and shalt preserve them 
from- this generation. Ps. xxxi. 20. 

xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of thine eye, hide me under the 
shadow of thy wings. 

xix. 13. Keep back thy servant, from presumptuous sins. 

XXV. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be ashamed, 
for I trust in thee. 

XXX. 3. O Lord thou hast brought up my soul from the grave, 
thou hast kept me alive. 

xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is on them that fear him, to keep 
them alive in famine. 

xxxiv. 20. The Lord keepeth all his bones, not one of them is 
broken. 

xci. 11. He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee 
in all thy ways. 

cxxi. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, he that keepeth 
thee will not slumber. 

Ver. 5. The Lord is thy keeper. 

cxxvii.^ 1 . Except the Lord keep the city, the v>^atch-men watch 
but in vain. 

cxl. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked. 

cxli. 3. O Lord, keep the door of my lips. 

Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare laid for me. 

Prov. iii. 26. The Lord shall keep thy foot from being taken. 

Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose heart is 
stayed on thee. 

xxvii. 3. The Lord will keep the vine-yard, he will water it, he 
will keep it night and day. 

xlii. 6. I will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people 

Jer. xxxi. 10. He will gather Israel, and will keep him as a shep- 
herd doth his flock. 

John xvii. 11. Jesus prayed thus, holy Father, keep throup-h thine 
own name, those whom thou hast given me. 

Ver. 15. I pray that thou shouldst keep theni from the evil that i-, 
m the world. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who will stablish you, and 
keep you irom evil. 

O 



108 God Preserveth, Chap. Ill, 

2 Tim. i. 12. The Lord whom I have believed, is able to keep that 
vvhich I have committed unto him. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God, through faith unto 
salvation. 

iv. 19. Let them that suffer, according to the will of God, commit 
the keeping of their souls unto him, in well doing, as unto a faithful 
Creator. 

Jude ver. 24. Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and 
to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceed- 
ing joy. 

Ver. 25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, 
dominion and power, both noAV and ever. 

Rev. iii. 10. I will keep thee from the hour of temptation. 

GOD PRESERVETH. 

LXXV. God /ireserveth his peofile. Gen. xlv. 8. Joseph said, God 
sent me hither, to preserve you, a posterity in the earth. 

Deut. vi. 24. God commanded us, to do these statutes, and to fear 
the Lord our God, i^or our good always, that he might preserve us 
alive as at this day. 

Jos. xxiv. 17. God preserved us in all the way wherein we went, 
among all people, through wdiom we passed. 

2 Sam. viii. 6. The Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. 
1 Sam. XXX. 23. 

Neh. ix. 6. Lord, thou hast made all things, and thou preserrest 
them all. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou pre- 
server of men. 

X. 12. Thou hast granted mc life and favour, and thy visitation 
preserveth my spirit. 

xxix. 2. O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God 
preserved me. 

Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, O Lord, for in thee do I put my trust. 

xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt preserve me from 
trouble. 

xxxvi. 6. O Lord thou preservest man and beast. 

xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his saints, they kre preserved 
for ever. 

xli. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he 
shall be blessed that considereth the poor. 

Ixiv. 1. O my God, preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 

Ixxix. 11. Preserve thou those that are appointed to die. 

Ixxxvi. 2. Preserve my soul, O thou my God, save thy servant 
that trusteth in thee. 

xcvii. 10. The Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he deliver- 
eth them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. cxl. I. 

cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple. 

cxxi. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil, he shall pre- 
serve thy soul. 

Ver. 8. He shall preserve thy going out, and coming in. 

cxlv. 20. The Lord nreserveth all those that love him. 



Chap. III. God is the Creator. 109 

Ps. cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers, he reiieveththe 
fatherless and widow. Jer. xlix. 11. 

Prov. ii. 8. He preserveth the way of his saints. 

Isa. xlix. 6. Thou art my servant, to restore the preserved of Israel- 

1 Thess. V. 23. I pray God that your whole spirit and soul, and 
body, be preserved blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 

Christ. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom 

GOD IS THE CREATOR. 

LXXVL God is the Creator of his fieofile, Ps. li. 10. Create in me 
a clean heart, O God, renew a right spirit within me. 

oil. 8. The people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. 

cxlix. 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that m.ide him, let the chil- 
dren of Zion be joyful in their king. 

Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and 
formed thee, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have 
called thee by name, thou art mine. 

Ver. 7. I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, yea 
I have made him. 

Ver. 15. I am the Lord, your holy one, the creator of Israel, your 
king. 

Ver. 21. This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew- 
forth my praise. Ch. xliv. 2, 21, 24. — xlvi. 4. 

Ezek. xxxvii. from ver. I to 15. The vision of dry bones raised 
to life. 

Threats against those nvho afiostatised after they had been created. 

Deut* xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and 
unwise, is he not thy Father that hath bought thee, hath he not madr. 
thee, and established thee. 

Ver. 15. Jeshurun forsook God that made him. 

Ver. 18. Of the rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful, and 
hast forgotten God that formed thee. 

Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. Ver. 22. 

Ver. 23. He said, I will heap mischief upon them. 

Ezek. xxi. 30. Thus saith the Lord, I will judge thee in the places 
where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. See Jerusa- 
lem's birth and nativity described. Ch. xvi. 3 to 14. 

Ver. 31. I vv ill pour mine indignation upon thee, I will blow a- 
gainst thee in the fire of my wrath, I will deliver thee in.o the hand 
of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. 

xxviii. 12. Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus. 

Ver. 15. Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from the day that thou 
wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 

Ver. 16. Thou hast sinned, therefore I will cast thee as profane 
out of the mountain of God. Ver. 18. 

LXXVII. God the Creator of Christians^ they are new creatures^ 
God's workmanship. Rom. xiv. 20. For meat, destroy not thou the 
work of God. 

2 Cor. V. 17. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 

Gal. vi. 15. In Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avaiieth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 

Eph. i. 6, He hath made us accepted in the beloved. 



110 God is the Creator. Chap, III. 

Col. i. 1 2. He hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance 
of the s<iints in light. 

ii. 10. We are his v/orkmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good 
works 

Ver. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ver. 15. 

Rev. i. 6. He hath made us kings and priests to God, and his Fa- 
ther. 

LXXVIII. Duty of Christians as new creatures. Rom. vi. 4. We 
should walk in newness of life. 

vii. 6. We should serve in newness of spirit. 

xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. 

1 Cor. V. 7. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may become a new 
lump. 

Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man which is corrupt according to the 
deceitful lusts. 

Ver. 24. And put on the new man which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. 

Col, iii. 9. Ye have put off the old man with his deeds, and have 
put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image 
of him that created him. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let those that suffer according to the will of God, 
commit the keeping of their souls unto him in well doing, as unto a 
faithful Creator. 

LXXIX. God is to his people^ their planter^ builder^ Iffc. they are 
his plantings his vine-yard^ which he water eth and maketh fruitful, his 
house his building, Isfc. 

God planted the Jewish nation in the land of Canaan. Exod. xv. 17* 
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine 
inheritance, in the sanctuary which thine hands have established. 
2 Sam. vii. 10, 

Jer. xxxii- 41. I will plant them in this land assuredly, with my 
whole heart. Ch. xxiv. 6, — xxxi. 4, 12, 28. — xlii. 10. 

Amos ix. 15. I will plant them upon their own land, and they shall 
no more be plucked up out of their land, saith the Lord. 

LXXX. The Lord planted, watered, and made fruiful, the Jewish 
church. Ps. Ixxx. 8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thou 
hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Ver. 15. Ps. Ixxii. 16. 

Isa. iv. 2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and 
glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely. 
Ch. Ix. 21. 

Isa. V. 1. My beloved hath a vine-yard in a very fruitful hill. 

Ver. 2. He fenced it, and planted it, and planted it with the choice 
vine. 

Ver. 7. The vine -yard of the Lord of hosts, is the house of Israel. 

xxvii. 3. I the Lord do keep the vine-yard, I will water it every 
moment, lest any hurt it, and I will keep it night and day. Ver. 2, 
6* Ch. xxxvii. 31. 

XXXV. 7. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty 
land springs of water. 

xli. IS. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst 
of the valleycj, and I will make the wilderness a pool of water. Ver. 
■19. 20, 



Chap. III. God is the Creator, 111 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will poiir water upon him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground, and I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and 
my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Ver. 4. And they shall spring up as among the grass, and as the 
willows by the water courses. Ch. xlix. 10. — Iviii. 1 1. 

Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees of righteousness, the plant- 
ing of the Lord that he might be glorified. 

V"er. II. For as the earth bringeth forth the bud, and the garden 
causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so ihe Lord will 
cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all people. 
Jer. xxxi. 12. 

Hos. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have 
mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy. 

xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel, he shall grow as the lily 
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

Ver. 7. They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine. 

Ver. 8. I am like a green fir-tree, from me is thy fruit found. 

Mai. iv, 2. Ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. 
See Jer. xviii. 9. 

LXXXI. Afioatacy^ or unfruit fulness^ threats and rehroofs against it. 

Jer. ii. 21. I planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed : bow 
art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me ? 

xi. 17. The Lord of hosts that planted thee hath pronounced evil 
against thee. Ch. xlv. 4. Ezek. xvii. 5, 8, 9. — xi<. 10, 12. 

Jer. xviii. 9^ 10. At what instant I speak concerning a nation to 
pluck up, &c. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is 
hewn down and cast into the fire. 

xiii. 3. See the parable of the sower. Mark iv. 4. Luke viii. 5. 

Ver. 24. The parable of the wheat, and tares. 

xxi. 32. The parable of the husbandman letting out the vineyard, 
and requiring the fruits. Mark xii. 1. Luke xx. 9. 

Luke xiii. 6. The parable of the unfruitful fig-tree cumbering the 
ground. Ver. 7, 8, 9. 

LXXXII. The fruitful^ whether Jews or Gentiles^ are God's filanting, 
Ps. i. 3. The righteous shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of 
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, his leaf shall not 
wither. Jer. xvii. 8. 

xcii. 13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall 
flourish in the courts of our God. 

Ver. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old age, they shall be fat 
and flourishing. 

Matt. vii. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit. Ver. 18. 
Ch. xii. 33. 

John XV. I. I am the true vine, my Father is the husbandman. 

Ver. 2. Every branch that beareth not fruit he taketh away, and 
every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth, that it may bring forth 
more fruit. Ver. 4, 5, 6, 8. 

Rom. vi. 22, Ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end ever- 
lasting life. Ch. vii. 4. 

1 Cor. iii. 9. Ye are Gocfs husbandry, ye are God's building. 



112 Prophecies concerning Christ, Chap. IV. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and 
prophets,- Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. 

Ver. 21. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth 
into an holy temple unto the Lord. 

Ver. 22. In whom ye are builded together for an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God for you, brethren, be- 
cause your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one 
of you toward each other aboundeth. 

1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye also, as lively stones are built up a spiritual house, 
an holy priesthood. 



CHAP, IV. 
PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST. 

PROPHECY AND MIRACLES. 

I. THE testimony of prophecy appealed to as a foundation of faith in 
Christ* John v. 39. Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me. 

Ver. 44. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of ano- 
ther, and seek not the honour that cometh from God cnly ? 

Ver. 45. There is one that accuse th you, even Moses in whom ye 
trust. 

Ver. 46. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed mc, 
for he wrote of me. John i. 45. 

Ver. 47. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe 
my words ? 

Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him. 

Mark ix. 12. It is written of the Son of man that he must suffer 
many things. 

Luke xviii. 31. All things written by the prophets concerning the 
Son of man, must be accom.plished. 

xxii. 37. This that is written must be accomplished in me. 

xxiv. 44. All things must be fulfilled which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. 

Ver. 46. Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, 
and to rise from the dead the third day. 

II. The testimony of prophecy urged by the apostles* Acts xvii. 2. 
Paul reasoned out of the scriptures, ver. 3. opening and alleging 
that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from the dead, 
and that this Jesus which I preach unto you is Christ. 

xxiv. 14. After the way which they call heresy, so worship I the 
God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the la\r 
and the prophets. 

xxvi. 22. I continue witnessing both to small and great, saying none 
•ther things, than those which the prophets and Moses did say should 



Chap. IV. Prophecies concerning Christ, 113 

come, ver. 32. that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the 
first that should rise from the dead. 

Acts iii. 18. Peter said, those things that God before had shewed, 
by the mouth of ail his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath 
fulfilled. 

X. 43. To him gave all the prophets witness. 

xviii. 28. Apostles mightily convinced the Jews, shewing by the 
scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 

xxviii. 23. Paul expounded and testified the kingdom of God, per- 
suading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and 
out of the prophets. 

III. Prophecies concerning Christ fulfilled^ in his incarnation^ lift\ 
deaths resurrection^ and ascension. Gen. iii. 15. The seed of the 
woman shall bruise the serpent's head. 

Isa. vii. 1 4. The Lord himself shall give you a sign, behold a vir- 
gin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 

ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. See this 
fulfilled in the conception, and birth of Jesus. Matt. i. 18 to 25. 
Luke i. 28 to 35. 

Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman. 

John i. 14. He was made flesh. 

Heb. xii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood. 

Ver. 17. Was made like unto his brethren. 

Phil. ii. 7. Was made in the likeness of men. 

Ver. 8. Was found in fashion as a man. 

IV. The nation^ tribe, and family he nvas to descend from. Gen. xii. 
3. Abram, in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Acts 
iii. 25. Gal. iii. 8. 

xxi. 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Gal. iii. 16. Thy seed 
which is Christ. 

xxvi. 4. Isaac — in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth b<^ 
blessed. 

xxviii. 14. Jacob — in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be 
blessed. 

xlix. 8. Judah — thy brethren shall praise thee, Sec. Ver. 10. 

Isa. xi. 1. David — A branch shall grow out of his roots. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 29. His seed will I make to endure for ever. See Jer. 
?:xiii. 5.— xxxiii. 15. Ps. xviii. 50. — Ixxxix. 4, 36. — cxxxii. 1 1. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of David. 

Matt. xxii. 42. He is David's son. 

ix. 27. Thou son of David have mercy on us. Ch. xv. 22. — xx. 30. 

xxi. 9. Hosannah to the son of David. 

Mark xi. 10. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David. 

Heb. vii. 14. It is evident our Lord sprang from Judah. 

Rom. i. 3. Jesus Christ was made of the seed of David. 

Acts xiii. 23. Of this man's seed according to the flesh, hath God 
raised unto Israel a Saviour. See Christ's descent reckoned. Matt. i. 
I to 18. Luke iii. 23 to 34, 

V. The time of Christ* s life and death fixed by other e-uents foretold 
inprofihecy^ ivell knonvn ivhen they hafifiened. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre 
shall not depart from Jud:rihj nor a law-giver from between his feet, 



114 Prophecies concerning Christ. Chap. IV. 

till Shilo come. * As a proof that this sceptre, the ensign of govern- 
' ir.ent was departed from Judah at our Saviour's birth' — 

Luke ii. 3. Joseph and Mary with others, went to be taxed by the 
authority of a heathen emperor. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy Aveeks are determined upon thy people, and 
upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end 
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in ever- 
lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision of prophecy, and to 
anoint the most holy. 

Ver. 25. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth 
of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem, unto the Mes- 
siah the prince, shall be seven weeks ; and threescore and two weeks, 
the street shall be built again, and the wall even in troublesome times.- 

Ver. 26. And after threescore and two weeks, shall the Messiah 
be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that 
shall come, shall destroy the city and . the sanctuary, and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war, desolations 
are determined. 

Hag.ii. 7. The desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this 
house (viz. the temple) with my glory. 

Ver. 9. The glory of this latter house, shall be greater than that 
of the former house. 
The only glory it had above the former^ but was in other respects inferior 

to it^ (Ezra iii. 12.) this fixes the coming of Christ nvhUe the temple 

tvas standing. 

VI. The cou7itry and town where Christ should be born. Mic. v. 2. 
Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thou- 
sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to 
be ruler in Israel. — Fulfilled : 

Matt. ii. 1. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the 
town of Bethlehem where David was. 

VII. Of his forerunner John Baptist. Isa. xl. 3* The voice of him 
that crieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord. 

Mai. iii. 1. I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare my 
way before me. 

iv. 5. I will send you Elijah the prophet — -Fulfilled : 

Matt. iii. 1 . In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the 
wilderness of Judea, saying, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. Luke i. 17. 

Matt. xi. 14. This is Elias which was for to come. 

xvii. 12. Elias is come already. Mark ix. 13. 

VIII. His purging the temple. Ps. Ixix. 9. The zeal of thine house 
hath eaten me up. 

Matt. xxi. 12. Jesus cast out all them that sold and bought in the 
temple. Mark xi. 15. Luke xix. 45. John ii. 13, Sec. 

IX. His working miracles. Isa. xxxv. 5. The eyes of the blind 
shall be opened, the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 

V^er. 6. The lame shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the 
dumb shall sing — Fulfilled : 

Matt. XV. 30. Great multitude.s came unto him, having with them 



Chap, IV. Prophecies jconccrning Christ* 115 

those that were lame, blmd, dumb, maimed, and many others, and 
he healed them. See New Testament Miracles. 

X. That the Spirit of the Lord should be upon him. Isa. xi. 2. The 
Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and un- 
derstanding, Sec. Ver. 3. 

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach, &c. 

Ps. xlv. 7. God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness, above 
thy fellows— Fulfilled : 

Matt. iii. 16. He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and 
lighting upon him. John i. 33. 

John iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him 

Acts iv. 27. Jesus whom thou hast anointed. Ch. x. 38. 

XL That he should be a Prophet, Deut. xviii. 15. The Lord thy 
God will raise up unto thee a Prophet, unto him shall ye hearken. 

Heb. i. 1. God who spake unto the fathers by the prophets, hath 
in" these last days spoken to us by his Son Christ. Heb. ii. 3. See 
Christ's predictions concerning his death, &c. 

XIL That he should preach or teach. Ps. xl. 9. I have preached 
righteousness in the great congregation. 

Isa. Ixi. 1. He hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the 
meek. See Isa. xi. 2, 3, 4. — ii. 3. Mic. iv. 2. 

Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about preaching the gospel. Ch. ix. 34, 

Matt. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, 
and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Ch. xvii. 26. 

John vii. 14. Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into 
the temple and taught. 

Ver. 26. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

xii. 49. I have not spoken of myself, the Father which sent me 
gave me commandment what I should say. Ch. xiv. 10, 24. — For 
the nature of his preaching, see his sermon. Matt. 5th, 6th, 7th 
chapters. 

XIII. That lie should not seek the applause of men. Isa. xlii. 2. He 
shall not cry nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets. 

John V. 41.1 receive not honour from men. 

When he tvrought miracles he ofte?i said, 
Matt. viii. 4. See thou tell no man. Ch. ix. 30. xvi. 20. Mai'k vii. 24. 
Mark v. 43. See that no man knov/ it. Ch. ix. 30. 

XIV. That he should be a sufferer. Isa, Iii. 14. His visage was 
more marred than any man. 

liii. 3. A man of sorrows and acrjuainted with grief. 

Heb. iv. 15. Was touched vrith the feeling of our infirmities. 

The ivfirmities were, 
Matt. iv. 1. He Vv'as tempted of the devil. 
Ver. 2. He fasted and hungred. Ch. xxi. 18. 
John ix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 10. 
iv. 6, He was weary. 

Matt. viii. 24. He slept. Ch. xi. ?,5. He wept. 
Mark iii. 5. He was grieved. 
xii. 27. His soul was troubled. 
Matt. xxvi. 37. He v/as sorrov/fiil. 
Luke xxii. 24. In an agony he praved. 

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110 Prophecies concerning Christ. Chap. IV. 

Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to lay his head. 

XV. That he should be desfiised of men. Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the 
Lord to him whom man despiseth, whom the nation abhorreth. 

liii. 2. He hath no form nor comeliness, nor beauty that we should 
desire him. 

Isa. liii. 3. He was despised and rejected of men, and we esteem- 
ed him not. 

Ps. xxii. 6. T am despised of the people, cxviii. 22. — Fulfilled: 

John i. 11. He came to his own, and his own received him not. 

Luke xix. 14. They say, we will not have this man to reign over us. 

Matt, xxvii. 23. The people said, let him be crucified. Ver. 25. 
His blood be upon us, and our children. Ver. 25. 

Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at once, saying, away with this 
man. 

John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not this man, but Barabbas. 

XVf. That he should be hated. Luke xix. 14. His citizens hated him . 

John vii. 7. The world hateth me. 

XV. 18. It hated me before it hated you. 

Matt. X. 22. Ye shall be hated for my name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9.- 
Mark xiii. 13. Luke xxi. 17. 

XVII. That he should be refiroached. Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach 
of men. 

XVIII. The refiroacheg cast ufion him were. Matt. xiii. 55^ Is not 
this the carpenter's son. 

Ver. 57. And they were offended in him. 

Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary. 

John i. 46, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth. 

vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 

Luke vii. 39. If this man were a prophet, he would have knowD 
who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she 
is a sinner. 

John ix. 24. This man is a sinner. 

Luke XV. 2. He receiveth sinners, and eateth with them- 

Matt. xi. 19. He is a man gluttonous, and a Avine-bibber, a friend 
of publicans and sinners. Luke vii. 34. 

xxvii. 63. A deceiver. John vii. 12. He deceiveth the people. 

John ix. 16. This man is not of God. 

Matt. ix. 3. This man blasphemeth. 

xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy. John x. 23. 

John x. 20. He hath a devil, and is mad, M-hy hear ye him ? 

viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil. Ver. 52. 

Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelze- 
bub the prince of devils. Ch. ix. 20. 

Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch. xxiii. 35. 

Matt, xxvii. 2^5. They mocked him. Ch. xxxi. Mark xv. 20. 

John V. 16. They call him a Sabbath-breaker. 

Heb. xii. 3. He endured such contradiction of sinners against him- 
self. 

XIX. That he should be persecuted. Isa. liii. 4. We did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. 

Ps. ixix. 26. They persecute him whom thou hast smitten, they 
speak to the grief of those v/hom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. 1. 



Chap. IV. Prophecies concerning Christy 117 

John V. 16. The Jews did persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, 
because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 

Ver. 18. They sought the more to kill him, because he said that 
God was his Father. 

XV. 20. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. 

XX. That Jews iind Gentiles should join against him. Ps. ii. 1 . Why 
do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing. Kings of 
the earth do set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together 
against the Lord, and against his anointed. — Fulfilled : 

Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees held a counsel together, how they 
might destroy him. Mark iii. 16. John xi. 53. 

Luke xxiii. 12. Pilate and Herod were made friends together. 

Acts iv. 27. Against thy holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed^ 
both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and people of Israel 
were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy coun- 
sel determined before to be done. 

XXL Should be sold for money. Zech. xi. 12. They weighed for 
my price thirty pieces of silver, a goodly price that I was prised at 
of them. Amos ii. 6. — Fulfilled : 

Matt. xxvi. 15. They covenanted with Judas for thirty pieces of 
silver, and from that time he sought opportunity to betray him, 

XXII. The use they apply the money to., foretold. Zech. xi. 13. i 
took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the 
house of the Lord. 

Matt, xxvii. 7. They bought with them the potter's field, to bury 
strangers in. 

Ver. 8. Wherefore that field is called the field of blood unto this 
day. Acts i. 16, 19. 

XXII L Profihecies concerning the person who should betray Christ. 
John vi. 64. Jesus knew from the beginning who should betray him. 

Ver. 70. He said, have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is 
a devil. 

Ver. 7 1 . He spake this of Judas, for he it was that should betray 
him. 

Matt. xxvi. 2 1 . One of you shall betray me. 

Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, shall be- 
tray me. 

Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that betrayeth me is on the table 
with me. 

John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread with me hath lift up his heei 
against me. — Fulfilled : 

Matt. xxvi. 14. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went 
unto the chief priests, 

Ver. 15. And said unto them, what will ye give me, and I will 
deliver him unto you ? and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces 
of silver. 

Ver. 1 6. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 

Matt. xxvi. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a 
great multitude. 

Ver. 4B. He gave them a sign, saying, whomsoever I shall kiss, 
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118 Prophecies concerning Christ. Chap. IV. 

Matt. xxvi. 49. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, hail, 
master, and kissed him. 

Ps. cix. 7. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned. 

Ver. 8. Let his days be few, and let another take his office. Acts 
i. 20. 

XXIV. Thus exfiressed by Christ, Matt. xxvi. 24. Wo unto that 
man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed, it had been good for that 
man if he had not been born. — Fulfilled: 

Matt, xxvii. 4. Judas said, I have sinned in that I have betrayed 
innocent blood. 

Ver. 5. And he went and hanged himself. 
Acts i. 25. That he might go to his own place. 

XXV. That Christ should be forsaken. Zech. xiii. 7 . Awake, O 
sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, 
saith the Lord of hosts, smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered. 

The sarae thus exfiressed by Christ. 

Matt. xxvi. 31. All ye shall be offended because of me this night. 
Mark xiv. 27. John xvi. 32.— Fulfilled: 

Ver. 56. They ail forsook him and fled. 

XXVL Peter's denying him. Matt. xxvi. 34. Peter, thou shalt 
deny me. 

Ver. 70. Peter denied, &c. 

Ver. 72. He denied again wdth nn oath. 

Ver. 74. He denied, and began to curse and to swear. 

XXVn. Beaten and sf lit on. Ps. xxii. 16. The assembly of the 
wicked have inclosed me. 

Isa. 1. 3. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them 
that plucked off the hair, I iiid not my face from shame and spitting. 
Fulfilled, Matt. xxvi. 67. 

Mic. v. i. They shall smite the judge of Israel, with a rod upon 
the cheek. — Fulfilled, Matt, xxvii. 30. 

XXV^III. Christ's own account of this. Matt. xvi. 21. From that 
time forth, Jesus began to shew unto his disciples, how that he must 
go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief 
priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 

Matt. XX. 18. Behold we go up unto Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. 
For it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem) and the Son 
of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, 
and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the 
Gentiles, to mock, Sec. Mark x. 34. To spit upon and to scourge, and 
to crucify him, and the third day he shall rise again. 

XXIX. fVhat kind of death he should die, Ps. xxii. 16. They pier^ 
ced my hands and feet, 

Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on him whom they have pierced. 

John iii. 15. As INIoses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so 
must the son of man be lifted up. 

Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the passover, and the son of man 
is betrayed to be crucified. 

Ver. 45. The hour is come, that the son of man should be glorified. 

XXX. Christ's silence, Isa. liii. 7. He vras oppressed and he was 
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth., he \vas brought as a lamb to 



Chap. IV. Prophecies concerning Christ, 119 

the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he o- 
pened not his mouth. 

Matt, xxvii. 12. When he was accused, he answered nothing. Mark 
xiv. 61. — XV. 3, 5. Luke xxiii. 9. 

1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he reviled not again. 

XXXI. They give sentence against him. Matt. xxvi. 66. They con- 
demn him to death. 

Ver. 67. Then did they spit in his face, and buffetted him, others 
smote him with the palms of their hands. 

Ver. 68. Saying prophecy to us, thou Christ, who is he that smote 
thee. Luke xxii. 64. 

Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate (a Gentile.) 

Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Hered. 

Ver. 1 1. Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mock- 
ed him, and sent him again to Pilate. 

Ver. 21. The people cried, crucify him. 

Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and of. the chief priests, pre.- 
vailed. 

Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that it should be even as they 
required. 

Ver. 26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified, 
Ver. 27, 28, 29. 

Ver. 30. They spit upon him, and smote him on the head, and 
led him away to crucify him. 

XXXIL Give him gall. Ps. xxii. 25. My tongue cleaveth to my 
jaws. 

Ixix. 21. They gave me gall for my meat, and in my thirst, they 
gave me vinegar to drink. — Fulfilled : 

Matt, xxvii. 34. They gave him vinegar mingled with gall. Ver. 
48. iMark xv. o6. Luke xxiii. 36. John xix. 29. 

XXXIIL They mock him on the cross. Ps. xxii. 7. All they that 
see me, laugh me to scorn. 

Ver, 8. Saying he trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him. See 
this fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. Ver. 39 to 44. Mark xv. 29. 

XXXin. Tart his garments. Ps. xxii. 18. They part my garments 
among them, and cast lots upon miy vesture. Mark xv. 24. 

HIS WORDS ON THE CROSS. 

Ps. xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me. Mark 
XXV. 34. 

XXXV. Prays for his enemies. Isa. liii. 12. He made intercession 
for transgressors. 

Luke xxiii. 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they 
know not what they do. 

XXXVL His death. Dan. ix. 26. Messiah shall be cut off. 

Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of the living. 

Ver. 12. He hath poured out his soul unto death. 

Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and the power of darkness. 

Matt, xxvii. 50. Jesus cried, and yielded up the ghost. Mark xv, 
37, 39. Luke xxiii. 46. John xix. 30. 

Isa. liii. 12. He was numbered with transgressors. 

Mark xv. 27. With him they crucified two thieves. 



120 Prophecies concerning Christ, Chap. IV. 

XXXVII. ^ bone of him should not be broken. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ 
our passover, is sacrificed for us. 

John xix. 36. That the scripture might be fulfilled, a bone of him 
shall not be broken. 

XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. liii. 9. He made his grave 
with the rich. 

Matt, xxvii. 57. There came a rich man of Arimathea, 

Ver. 58. And begged the body of Jesus. 

Ver. 59. He wrapped it in clean linen, and laid it in his own new 
tomb. 

Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and set- 
ting a watch. 

XXXIX. That he should arise from the dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt 
not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to 
see corruption. 

Christ often promised he should rise on the third day, which an- 
swers to his not seeing corruption, in the foregoing texts. See Matt. 
xvi. 21. — XX. 18. Mark viii. 31. 

XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of all his firetensions on this events 
of his rising from the dead. 

Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said unto him, thou art Christ, the Son of the 
living God. 

Ver. 20. He charged his disciples that they should tell no man, 
that he was Jesus, the Christ, (Mark ix. 10.) till the Son of man 
were risen from the dead. 

XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection. Matt, xxviii. 5. The angel 
said to the women, fear not ye, for 1 know that ye seek Jesus which 
was crucified. 

Ver. 6. He is not here, for he is risen as he said. 

Ver. 7. Go quickly and tell his disciples, that he is risen from the 
dead, and behold he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see 
him. See John xx. and Mark xvi. 6, 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6. 

XLII. Other evidences of Christ*s resurrection are-^ his appearances 
often after his resurrection^ to many who had been personally acquainted 
vjith him before his death. 

Mark xvi, 9. He appeared first to Mary Magdalen, John 20. 4. 

Matt, xxviii. 9. To other women. 

Mark xvi. 12. To two disciples, as they went into the country. 

Luke xxiv. 36. To the eleven, and others with them. 

Ver. 40. He shewed his hands and his feet to them. 

Ver 43. He did eat before them. Mark xvi. 14. John xx. 19. 

John XX. 26. To the disciples. 

Ver. 27. And said to Thomas, reach hither thy hand, and thrust 
k into my side, and be not faithless but believing. 

Luke xxiv. 34. He appeared to Simon. 

John xxi. I. To the disciples, at the sea of Tiberias. 

Matt, xxviii. 16. To the eleven, on a mountain in Galilee. 

Actsi. 3. To the apostles he shewed himself alive after his passion, 
by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speak- 
ing of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 

1 Cor. XV. 6. He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once, 
of whom the greater part remain unto this present. 






Chap. IV. Prophecies concerning Christ. 121 

Acts X. 40. Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him 
openly unto witnesses chosen before of Gods even to us who did eat 
and drink with him, after he rose from the dead. 

Acts ii. 24, This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are 
witnesses. 

1 Cor. XV. 14. If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain 
and your faith is also vain. 

XLIII. He ivas raised by the power of God, Rom. vi. 4. Christ 
was raised from the dead, by the glory of the Father. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace brought again from the dead, our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rom. i. 4. He was declared to be the Son of God, with power by 
the resurrection from the dead. 

I Cor. XV. 20. He is the first fruits of them that slept. 

Rev. i. 5. The first begotten from the dead. See Acts iii. 15, 26. 
— iv. 10, 33.--V. 30. — xiii. 30, S3, 34.— xvii. 3. Rom. iv. 24, 25. — 
vii. 4.— viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 14 — xv. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Eph. i. 20. 
Col. ii. 12. 1 Thess. i. 10. 2Tim.ii. 8. iPet. i. 21. 

XLIV. Christ's ascension. Ps. xvi. 12. Thou wilt shew me the 
path of life. 

Ixviii. 18. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivit)r 
captive, thou hast received gifts for men. Ps. xxiv. 7. 

John vi. 62. What and if ye shall see the son of man ascend up, 
where he was before. Ch. xiv. 12. 

John XX. 17. Jesus said, I ascend unto my Father, and your Fa- 
ther, to my God, and your God. — Fulfilled : 

Luke xxiv. 51. It came to pass while he blessed them, that he was 
parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Mark xvi. 19. 

Actsi. 9. While they beheld he was taken up, and a cloud receiv- 
ed him out of their sight. 

XLV. That he should sit at God*s right hand. Ps. ex. 1 . The Lord 
said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine ene- 
mies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. 

cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders refused, 8cc. 

Acts vii. 55. Stephen full of the Holy Ghost, looked u-p stedfastly 
into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the 
right hand of God, 

Ver. 56. And said, behold I see the heavens opened, and the Son 
of man standing on the right hand of God. 

XL VI. The Holy Ghost promised. Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour out my 
Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Acts ii. 17. 

XL VII. Promised by Christ. Luke xxiv. 49. Behold I send the 
promise of the Father upon you, but tarry ye in Jerusalem till ye be 
endowed with power from on high. Acts i. 4. 

John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another 
comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 

Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your 
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

XV. 26. He shall testifiy of me. 

Ver. 27. And ye shall bear witness, because you have been with 
me from the beginning. 



122 iWracies of Christ. Chap. IV. 

Acts i. 5. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many 
days hence. 

Matt. iii. 11. John said of Christ, he shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost and with fire. — Fulfilled: 

Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began 
to speak with ether tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

Yer. 1 6. Peter said, this is that which was spoken of by the pro- 
phet Joel. 

ii. 32. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, and having 
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed 
forth this, which ye now see and hear. 

Oi/ier firofihccies uttered by Christy besides those in the foregoing' 
articles. 

XLVIII. The fteraecutions of Christians, Matt. x. 22. Ye shall be 
hated of all men for my sake. Ver. 16. Markxiii. 13. Luke xxi. 17. 
— X. 3. 

xxiv. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall 
kill you. Ch. x. 17. John xvi. 2. Matt, xxiii. 34. — v. 11. — x. 23. 
John XV. 20.— Fulfilled: 

Acts vi. 12. They stoned Stephen. Ch. vii..59. 

viii. 1. At that time there was a great persecution. 

ix. 1. Saul persecuted. Ch. xxii. 7, 8. — xxvi. 14, 15. 

xxvi. 9. 1 verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many 
things against the name of Jesus. Ver. 11. Ch. xxii. 14. 

Acts xxviii. 22. As concerning this sect, we know that it is every 
where spoken against. 

MIRACLES OF CHRIST. 

XLIX. The evidence of miracles ajijiealed to^ as a fDundatioii of faith 
in Christ- 

Matt. xi. 5. To determine John Babtist's faith, Christ only sends 
him an account of his miracles and ministry. 

John V. 36. The works that I do, bear witness of me, that the 
Father hath sent me. Ch. ix. 4.— x. 25. 

X. 37. If I do not the vi^orks of my Father, believe me not. 

Ver. 38. Though ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye 
fjiay know and believe that the Father is in me and I in hirn. Ch. xiv. 1 1. 

XV. 24. If I had not done among them the works which none other 
man did, they had not had sin. 

V. 50. Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. 

XX. 30. Many other signs did Jesus, which are not written ; but 
these are written that ye may believe. 

Ver. 3 1 . But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus 
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life 
through his name. 

xii. ol . Though he had done so many miracles, some believed not. 

Matt. xi. 20. He began to upbraid the cities, v/herein most of his 
mighty works were done, because they repented not. 

Acts ii. 22. Jesus approved of God by miracles, and v/onders, and 
signs, whicji God did by him. 



Chap. IV. Miracles of Christ. 123 

L. J^ew Testament Miracles^ a foundation of faith in Christ. 

Miracles attending the birth of Christy and that o/John his forerunner, 

Luke i. 20. Zacharias is struck dumb, for unbelief. 

Ver. 64. The use of his speech is restored. 

Ver. 41. The babe leaped in Elizabeth, filled with the^Holy Ghost, 
.and she prophesieth of Christ. 

Matt. i. 18. Christ's miraculous conception and birth foretold by 
an angel. Ver. 20. 

Luke ii. 11, 15. Christ's birth published by an angel, to shepherds, 
who, thereby finding him, glorified God. Ver. 20. 

Matt. ii. 2. An extraordinary star appears, and guides the wise 
men to where Christ was, who worship him. 

Luke ii. 25. Simon and Anna are directed by the Spirit, to ac- 
knowledge Christ and speak of him. Ver. 60. 

LL Miraculous curesy fierformed by Chi^ist^ and the effects thereof. 

Mat. iv. 23. Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna= 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all 
manner of sickness, and all manner of diseases among the people. 

Ver. 24. And they brought unto him, all sick people, that were 
taken with divers disjpases and torments, and those which were pos- 
sessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those which 
had the palsy, and he healed them. 

The effects thereof ivasy Ver. 24, 25. 

His fame spread abroad, and there followed him great multitudes, 

xi. 5 . The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the deaf hear, 
the dead are raised up. Isa. xxxv. 6. 

XV. 29. Great multitudes came unto him, having wdth them those 
that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and maiiy others, and he 
healed them. 

Effect. Ver. 31. They wondered and glorified God. 

LII. Devils cast out by Christ. Matt. viii. 16. He cast out the spi- 
rits with his word. Mark i. 32, 33. Luke iv. 40. 

Ver. 28. Out of two men he cast devils, who enter into the swine. 
Ver. 31. Mark v. 1, 8, 15. Luke viii. 26, 29. 

Matt. viii. 28. Effect. The people were taken with great fear. 

ix. 32. He casts a devil out of a dumb man, who then spake. 
Effect. The people marvelled, saying, it Avas never so seen in Israel. 

Matt. xii. 22. He casts a devil out of a man, blind and dumb, who 
then both spake and saw. Luke xi. 14. 

Effect. Ver. 23. The people were amazed, and said, is not this 
the son of David ? 

XV. 22. He cast a devil out of the daughter of a woman of Ca- 
naan. Mark vii. 24. He commended her faith. 

xvii. 15. Casts a devil out of a child that was lunatick, and sore 
vexed with a devil. Mark ix. 21. Luke ix. 43. 

Effect. The people were all amazed at the mighty power of God. 
The father of the child said, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. 

Mark i. 23. Christ casts out an unclean spirit. Luke iv. 36. 

Effect. Ver. 27, 28. The people were amazed, and liis fame sprea«i 
abroad. 

Ver. 34. He casts out many devils. 

xvi. 9. Casts seven devils out of Mary Magdalen. Luke viii. 2. 

Q 



124 M/radt'^s of Christ. Chaf. IV. 

Luke Mxxi. 32. Clirist said, I do cures, and cast out devils. — Thus 
(iid Chri-il literally. 

Tien. iiJ. 15. Bruise the serpent's head. 

Heb. ii. l4. Destroyed the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. Destroyed the works of the devil. 

xii. 31. He cas^ out the prince of this vi^orid. 

Luke xi. 22. Being stronger than he. 

Col- ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and powers. 

Luke xi. 20. By the finger, the power and Spirit of God. 

Lin. Christ heals sicknesses. Matt. viii. 13, 14. The servant of a> 
believing centurion. Luke vii. 1. Peter's v/ife's mother, Mark i. 32. 
Luke iv. 38. 

ix. 35. Every sickness and disease among the people. Matt, xii, 
15. — xiv. 14. Luke ix. 11. 

John iv. 50. A noble man's Son. Effect. Ver. 53. The father of 
the child, and his whole house believed. 

Christ cures blindness. Matt. ix. 29. Two blind men, by touching 
their eyes. Effect. Ver. 3 1 . His fame spread abroad. 

Mark viii. 22, 23. A blind man spitting upon his eyes. 

X. 46. Cures Bartimeus. Ch. vii. 21. Cures many. Mark x. 46. 

John ix. 6, 7. A blind man, by anointing his eyes with clay. 

Kffect»\eY. 16. 32, 33, 38. The man said, since the world begarv 
'vas it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was born 
Dlind, if this man were not of God, he could do nothing. Isa. xxix. 
18. — xxxv. 5. 

Christ cures deafness. Matt. vii. 32. A man that was deaf, and had 
an impediment in his speech, by putting his fingers into his ears, 
and touching his tongue. Effect* Ver. 37. They were beyond meu- 
■iure astonished,"saying, he hath done all things well. Matt. xi. 15. 

Cures lameness* Luke xiii. 13. Makes straight a woman bowed 
down with an infirmity. Effect. They glorified God. 

xxii. 5 1 . Heals a servant's ear that was cut off. 

John V. 8. Cures a man, at the pool of Bethesda. 

Cares lefirosy. Matt. viii. 3. A leper by touching him. Marki. 40^ 
- EfJ'ect. They blazed abroad his fame. 

Lukexvii. 14. Ten lepers. Effect. One of them who was a Sama- 
ritan glorified God, and returned to Jesus, and gave him thanks. 

xix. 2, 3. Cures the dropsy. 

Cii.re-^ the fialsy. Matt. iv. 24 viii. 6. Mark ii. 3, 5, 10, 12. Luke 

V. \8^ 2iy 25. Ellfect. They marvelled and glorified God, and his 
iame spread abroad. 

Matt. ix. 22. He cures a bloody issue. Luke viii. 44, 

xii. 10, He restores a witlicred haisd. Luke vi, 10. 

LI v. Ruifiesthe dead to lijr. Matt. ix. 25. Jairus's daughter. 

Luke vii. ll. A widow's son. 

John xi. 39, Lazarus. Kffi-ct, Ver. 45. Ch. xii. ll.Manyofthfe 
Jews believed on him^ b'N:ause of Lazarus. 

L^--'. He calms the ivivd and .uea. Matt. viii. .^-6. Mark vi. 5 1. Luke 
\'\'n. 24. diffect. Tvity puJ-velicd, saying, \Thiil manner of man ib' 
•his, thai even the \unds and seas obey him. 

xi\-. 2.5. He •s\ulk*?d on thr sea. John vi. 19. 



Chap. IV. Miracks of the Apostles. 'iS^B 

Matt. xiv. 2 9. Makes Peter walk upon the Ai^ter. 

Mark vi. 43. Feeds five thousand, with five loaves. 

viii. 8. Feeds four thousand, with seven loaves. 

John ii. 8. He turns water into wine. 

Effect, Ver. 23. Ch. iii. 2. Many believed on him, seeing the mir-a- 
cles which he did. 

xxi. 6. Directs the disciples, to take a great draught of fishes. 

Effect, Luke v. 8. Peter fell down, and said, depart from me. for 
I am a sinful man, O Lord. 

.Tohn xvii. 27. Directs Peter to find a piece of money in a fish's^ 
mouth. 

Matt. xxi. 1 9 He curses the barren fi,g-tree, which immediately 
withers. 

LVL Miracles accompanying the death of Chri^st ivere^ Matt, xxvii. 
45. a supernatural darkness. 

Ver. 51. The veil of the temple rent, the earth quaked, the rocks 
rent, graves opened, many bodies of saints arose. 

Effect. Ver. 54. The centurion and those that were with him, see- 
ing these things, said, truly this was the Son of God. 

xxviii. 2. A great earthquake at his resurrection. 

LVn. Christ em/iowers his disci files to r^sork miracles for propagat- 
ing' the Gospel. 

Matt. X. 1. He gave them power, against unclean spirits, to cast 
them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of dis- 
eases. 

Ver. 8. He said unto them, heal the s1ck, cleanse the lepers, raise 
the dead, cast out devils, freely ye have received, freely give. Mark 
iii. 15. — vi. 7. — xvi. 17. Luke ix. I. — x. 19. — xxiv. 49. 1 Cor. xii.9, 
28, 30. 

MIRACLFS OF THE APOSTLES. 

LVHL Miracles r.^rought by the apostles. Mark vi. 13. They cast 
out many devils, and anointed with oil, many that were sick, and heai-v 
ed them". Ch. ix. 6. 

Luke X. 17. The devils were subject unto them. 

Acts ii. 4. Being filled with the Holy Ghost, they spake v. ith other 
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 1 Cor. xiv. 22. 

Ver. 41. Three thousand are converted by Peter's sermon. 

Ver. 43. Many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. Ch. 
xiv. 3. 

iii. 2, 6, 7. Peter and John cured a lame man, at the gate of the 
lemple. 

V. 12. Many signs and wonders were wrought by the apostles. 

Effect. Ver. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord. 

Ver. 15. They brought the sick into the streets. 

Ver. 16. There came also a multitude out of the cities round a- 
liout, unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which v/ere vex- 
ed with unclean spirits, and thev were healed every one. 

viii. 6, 7. Philip did many miracl-es, casting out uncleaii^ spirits, 
curing palsies, and the lame. 

Acts ix. 4, 11, 17. Paul's conversion. Ch. :;xii. 13- — xxvi. 14. 



126 Christ's Glory. ChaP. V. 

Acts. ix. 34. Peter heals Eneas of the palsy- 

Ver. 40. Raises Doreas from the dead. 

X. 1. Cornelius his vision. 

Ver. 1 1. Peter's vision, Ver. 13. A voice to him. 

Ver. 44. Thfe Holy Ghost falls upon Cornelius, and others that 
heard Peter preaching the gospel. 

V. 5, 10. The death of Ananias and Sapphira. 

Ver. 19. The apostles are brought out of prison, by an angel. 

vi. 15. Stephen's face seen, as the face of an angel. 

vii. 55. Stephen sees Christ. 

xiii. 1 1 . Elimas struck blind. 

xiv. 10. Paul heals a cripple, at Lystra. 

xvi. 18. Paul casts out a spirit of divination. 

Ver. 26. The apostles in prison, have their bands loosed, an earth- 
quake happens. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost given, at Paul's laying on his hands. 

Ver. 11. Paul casts out evil spirits, &c. 

Ver. 12. Diseases cured by handkerchiefs, &:c. brought from Paul's 
body. 

xxviii. 5. Shakes a viper off his hands unhurt. 

xxviii. 8. Paul cures th& father of Publius of a fever and bloody- 
flux. 

Ver. 9. Others cured of diseases. 

Heb. ii. 3. God bearing them witness, with signs and wonders, 
and with divers miracles by the power of the Spirit of God, Rom- 
XV. 19. 



CHAP, V. 

CHRIST'S GLORY, EXALTATION, DIVINE TITLES, 
WORKS, WORSHIP. 

Christ's glory. 

I. CHRIST'S glory before his incarnation. John xvii. 5. O Father, 
glorify me with the glory which I had with thee, before the world 
was. See Prov. viii. 22 to ver. 32. — xxx. 4. 

II. Christ^ s glory on earth. Luke ix. 30, 31. At his transfiguration. 
Ver. 32. Peter and they that were with him saw his glory. 

Ver. 35. There came a voice — this is my beloved Son, hear ye him. 

John i. 14. We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begot- 
ten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 2 Pet. i. 16. 

ii. 11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus, and manifested forth 
his glory. Ch. xi. 4. 

xii. 41. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory. Isa. liii. 1. 

xvii. 22. The glory which thou hast given me, I have given them. 

2 Pet. i 17. He received from God the Father, honour and glory, 
v/hen there came such a voice, from the excellent glory, This is my 
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Matt. xvii. 5. Heb. iii. 3, 

III. Christ^' glory, after his resurrection. Luke xxiv. 26. Ought 
not Christ to have suffered these things, and enter into his glory? 



Chap. V. Christ's Exaltatimi, 127 

1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory. Jam. ii. 1. 

I Tim. iii. 16. He was received up into glory. 

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory. , 

1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave him glopy, that your ? 

feith and hope might be in Gad. ^ ' 

Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion for ever. See Mark x. | 

^^7. John vii. 39.— xii. 16, 23.— xiii. 31, — xvii. 24. Acts xiii. 3^ Ga!.- \ 

i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. See Christ shall judge the world. ■ 

Christ's exaltation. % 

IV. Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. Ps. ex. 1. The Lor<t '{ 
3aid to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine ene- | 
mies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. I Cor. xv. 25. ^ 

Isa. Iii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled. ; 

Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up into heavenj and sat on ^j 

the right hand of God. j 

Acts vii. 55. Stephen full of the Holy Ghost, saw the glory of J 

God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. ^ 

Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right hand. . 

Col. iii. 1 . Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. » 

Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on higli^ t 

viii. 3. We have an high priest, who is set on the right hand of 
the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. 

X. 12. He for ever sat down on the right hand of God. 

xii. 2. On the right hand of the throne of God. 

I Pet. iii 22. Who is on the right hand of God. Ch. iv. 3. 

Rev. iii. 21.1 am set down with my Father in his throne. 

V. The same otherwise expressed thus. Ps. viii. 5. Thou hasl 
crowned him with glory and honour. Heb. xxvii. 9. Rev. xix. 12. 

Ixxxix. 19. I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 

John vi. 62. Ye shall see the son of man, ascend up where he was 
before. 

Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, hath 
shed forth this which ye now see,, and hear. See Christ's power, 
also his kingly office, his works. 

Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand. 

Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, 
which is above every name. 

VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps. cxviii. 22. The stone which 
the builders refused is become the head of the corner, Ver. 23. 
This is the Lord's doing, it is marvellous in our eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. 
Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. ii. 7. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first born higher than the kings 
of the earth. 

Matt, xxiii. 8. One is your master, even Christ. 

Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the first born among many 
brethren. Heb. i. 2. Appointed heir of all things. 

1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is Christ. Eph. iv. 15. 

Eph. i. 23. God gave him to be the h^ad over all things, to the 
church. 

iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the head, even Christ 



128 Christ's Titles. Chap. V/. 

Eph« V. 23. Christ is the head of the church. 

XXIV. The church is subject to Christ. Matt. iii. 11. He is great- 
er than John the Baptist. 

xii. 6. Greater than the temple. 

Ver. 41. Greater than Jonas. 

Ver. 42. Greater than Solomon. 

Heb. iii. .". Worthy of more glory than Moses. 

VII. Christ exalted ahcrve angels. Ps. viii. 6. Thou liASt put all 
things under his feet. Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22. 

Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
glory. 

Ver. 20. Raised him fix)m the dead, and set him at his own right 
hand. 

Ver. 2 1 , Far above all principality and power, and might, and do- 
minion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but 
also in that which is to come. 

i. 22. And hath put all things under his feet. 

Phil. ii. 9. God hath given him a name, which is above every 
name. 

Ver. 10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of 
things in heaven, and things in earth. 

. Col. ii. 10. Ye are compleat in him, which is the head of all prin- 
cipality and power. 

Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the angels, as he hath by 
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 

Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he at any time, thou art 
my Son, this day have I begotten thee t Ps. ii. 7. 

Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at any time, sit on my 
right hand, until 1 make thine enemies thy foot-stool ? Ps. ex. i. 

ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to 
come. 

Ver. 8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet, for 
in that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not put 
under him. See Christ worshipped. 



CHAP. VI. 

DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST. 

I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this 
day have I begotten thee. 

Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first born, higher than the kings 
of the earth. 

Isa. ix- 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be 
upon his shoulders. 

Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved Soa. 
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Matt. viii. 29. The devils cried out, laying, what have wc to do 
with thee, Jesus thou Son of God. 

Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the 
highest. 

Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of God. 

John i. 34. 1 saw and bare record, that this is the Son of God. 

Ver. 49. Nathanael said, thou art the Son of God. 

v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that 
God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 

ix. 2,5. Jesus said, dost thou believe on the Son of God ? 

Ver. o7. It is he that talketh with thee. 

X. 36. Say ye, thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of 
God. Ver. 25, 32, 37. Ch. xv. 10. 

xix. 7. The Jews said, by our law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of God. 

XX. 17. I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and 
your God. 

Ver. 3 1 . These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is 
the Christ the Son of God. 

Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus. 

Ver. 20. God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. 

viii. 37. The Eunuch said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son 
of God. 

ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, that he is the Son of 
God. 

Rom. i. S, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was declared 
to be the Son of God with power. 

viii. 32. He spared not his own Son ; but delivered him up to death 
for us all. 

2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

I.John iv. 15. Whosoever shall coaifess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God dweileth in him. 

V. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he tjiat believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of^Gad. 

Hence the title cj' Father so often given to God, bij Jesus Christ and 
'..-thers, as i?i Mutt, xi. 25. 1 iLauk thee, O Father, Lord of heaven- 
and earth. 

Ver. 27. No man knov/eth the Son but the Father, 

XX viii. 9. Baptiziiig in the name of the Futher, Son, aiui Holy 
Ghost. 

iMark xiii. o2. Of that day knoweth no man, no not the Son, buc 
the Father. 

xiv. 36. Abba Father, all things are possible to thee. 

Luke X. 22» No man knows who the Father is bui the Sou, 

^xii. 42. Father, if thou be willmg, reniwve this cu'^ . 

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130 Chrisfs Titles. \ Chap. VI 

Luke xxiii. 46. Father into thy hands I commend my spirit. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. 

V. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour 
the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father. 

1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath not the Father ; and 
so in many other places. 

II. Christ is distinguished from the created sons of God^ by the fiecu- 
Har efiithets of begotten^ first and only begotten^ first-born^ ijfc. 

Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings 
of the earth. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5 — v. 5. 

John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father. 

Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the Father. 

iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. 
Ver. 18. 

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in his first begotten into the world, 
he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. 

4 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. Ch. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. 
God*s own Son. 

III. Christ is called the image of God. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ who is 
the image of God. 

Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible God. 
Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God. 

Heb.i. 3. The brightness of the Fathei-'s glory, and express image 
of his person. 

IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Emanuel, God with us. 
Matt. i. 23. 

ix. 6. The mighty God. — Ixiii. 1. Mighty to save. 

John i, I. The word was God. 

Acts XX. 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased 
with his own blood. 

Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. 

Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God. 

Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested m the flesh. Tit. i. 3. 

Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of (iod our Saviour. , 

Ver. 13. Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appear- 
ing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. 

iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See Christ creates. 

I John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us. 

v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life. 

V. Christ is Lord. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou 
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. Matt, 
xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare 
ye the way of the Lord. Matt. iii. 3. 

Jar. xxiii. 6. Tliis is his name, wherewith he shall be called, the 



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Lord OMV righteousness. In the original it is Jehovah our righteous- 
ness. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be 
saved. Rom. x. 13. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his 
temple, even the messenger of the covenant. 

Matt. vii. 21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 22. Many will say unto 
me in that day. Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name. Sec. 

xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 
See ver. 45, 46, 48, 50. 

Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. 
Luke ii. 11. Unto us is born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 
v. 8. Peter said, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 
vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which 
I say. 
xxiii. 42. Lord remember me when thou coraestinto thy kingdom. 
John vi. 68. Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of 
eternal life. 

xiii. 13. Ye call me master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am. 
Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, whoni ye crucified, 
both Lord and Christ. 

Ver. 38. Repent and be baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus 
Christ. Ch. viii. 16. — x. 48. — xxii. 16. 

V. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord, 
vii. 59. They stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord 
Jesus receive my spirit. 

ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute st. 
Ver. 10. To Ananias the Lord said, Sec. Ver 15, 17. Ch. xviii. 9. 
Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of Lord. 
Ver. 42. Many believed in the name of the Lord. 
X. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. 
xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord Jesus. 
Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with purpose of heart they would 
*;leave unto the Lord. 

xvi. 3i, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shaltbe saved, 
xxiii. 8. Crispus believed in the Lord with all his house. 
Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed in the way of the Lord. 
xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the viord of the Lord Jesus. 
Rom. X. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all that call upon him. 
xiv. 9. Christ both died and rose and revived, that he mi^ht be 
Lord both of the dead and the living. Acts. x. 36. Lord of all. I Cor, 
ii. 8. and of glory. 

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye all speak the same thing. 

iii. 5. Ye believed even as the Lord gave to every man. 
iv. 4. He that judge th me is the Lord. 

v. 4. In tlie name of our Lord Jesus Christ — with the power of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver sucii an one unto Satan. Ver» 5. 
vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus (Jhi3.^t. 
vlii. G. T:j L.>- there is one Lord Jesus Christ. 

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132 Christ's Titles. Chap. VI. 

1 Cor. xi. 23. I received of the Lord that which also I delivered 
unto you. 

xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 
Ver. 5. There are differences of administrations, but the same 
Lord. 

XV. 47. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 

2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

V. 6. While we are at home in the body we are absent from the 
Lord. Ver. 8. Are willing rather to be present with the Lord. 

Eph. V. 29. Even as the Lord cherisheth the church. 

vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man doth, the same shall he re- 
ceive of the Lord. 

Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is 
Lord to the glory of God the Father. 

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the 
name of the Lord Jesus. 

Ver. 22. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord. 

Ver. 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of 
the inheritance, for 5 e serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. i. 8. From you sounded out the word of the Lord, 
iv. 1. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus. 

Ver. 2. Ye know vrhat commandments we gave you by the Lord 
Jesus. 

Ver. 16. The Lord himself shall descend. 

Ver. 17. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so 
shall we ever be with the Lord. 

2 Thess. i. 7. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven wdtli 
his mighty angels, 

Ver. 8. In fiam.ing fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus Christ our Lord, who enabled me. 
vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord of loixis. Rev. xvii. 14 — ► 

xix. 16. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Rom. x. 14. 
iv. 8. There 13 laid up for me a crown of life, v*^hich the Lord the 

righteous judge shall give m.e at that day. 

Fleb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, 
which at the first began to he spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed 
to us by them that heard him. 

xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 
Ver. 4. To whom coming as unto a living stone. 

2 Pet. i. 3. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the 
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 

Rev. i^ 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, 
saith the Lord. 

xi. 8. The city where our Lord was crucified. 

xxii. 20. He which testifieth these things saith, I come quickly. 
Amen, even so com^e Lord Jesus. 

Ver. 21. The grace '.if our Lord Jesus Christ be vdth you all, 
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VI. Christ is one with the Father. John x. 30. I and my Father 
are one. Ch. xvii. 11, 22. 

Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in him. Ch. xvii. 21. — xiv. 
10, 11, 12. 

xii. 44. He that believeth on me, beiieveth on him that sent me. 

Ver. 45. He that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. Ch. xiv. 9.— < 
viii. 9. 

xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. 

Ver. 1 1. I am in the Father, and he in me. Ch. xiii. 32. 

XV. 23. He that hateth me hateth the Father. 1 John ii. 23. Who- 
soever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. 

xvi. 15. All things that the Father hath are mine. 

xvii. 10. AH mine are thine, and thine are mine. 

Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of the Father*5 glory, and 
the express image of his person. 

John V. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given 
to the Son to have life in himself. Col. i. 19. 

VII. The same things sfioken of God the Father, and of Christ. 
Eph. V. 5. The kingdom of Christ and of God. 

1 John V. 7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Fa- 
ther, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. 

Col. ii. 2. The mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even 
our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting con- 
solation and good hope through grace ; 

Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word 
and work. 

1 Tim. vi. 13. I gave thee charge in the sight of God, and before 
Jesus Christ, &c. 

Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Rev. xiv. 4. The first fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. 

xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple 
of the city. 

Ver. 23. The glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the 
light thereof. Ch. xi. 15. — xx. 6. 

Christ''s titles in general.^ ranged in an alfihabetical oi^er. 

A-dam the last. 1 Cor. xv. 45. Bishop. 1 Pet. ii. 25. 

Advocate. I John ii 1. Blessed and only Potentate. 1 Tim. 
Angel of the covenant. Mai. iii. 1. vi. 15. 

—of God's presence. Isa. Ixiii. 9. Branch of righteousness. Zech, 
\nointed (Christ). John i. 41. iii. 8. 

•— Avith the Holy Ghost. Acts Bread from heaven. John vi. 50. 

X. 38. Bright and morning star. Rev. 
— — ^not by measure. Ps. xiv. 7. xxii. 16. 



Apostle and high priest, lieb.iii. ! . Brightness of the Father's glory. 
Beginning of the creation of God, Heb. i. 3. 

Pi.ev. iii. 14. Captain of the Lord's hosts, Jos. 
Begotten of the Father. John i. 14. v. 14, 15. 

Beloved of God, Eph. i. 5. -——of Salvation. Heb. ii. 10, 



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Chosen servant. Matt. xii. 18. — 

Luke xxiii. 35. 
Consolation of Israel. Luke ii. 5. 
Corner stone. Eph. ii. 20. I Pet. 

ii. 6. 
Counsellor. Isa. ix. 6. 
David. Jer. xxx.9. Ezek. xxxvii. 

24, 25. Hos. iii. 5. 
Deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. 
Emanuel. Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i.29. 
Everlasting Father. Isa. ix. 6. 
Express image of God's person. 

Heb. i. 3. 
Faithful witness. Rev. i. 5. — iii. 

i4.--xix. U. 
First -be gotten of the dead. Rev. 

i. 5. 
First-born. Col. i. 15, 18. 
First-fruits. < Cor. xv. 20. 
First and last. Rev. ii. 8. 
Fountain opened. Zech. xiii. 1. 
Glory of the Lord. Isa. xl. 5. 
God. Rom. ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 16. 

2 Pet. i. 1. 1 John. v. 20. 
Governor of Israel. Matt. ii. 9. 
Head of the church. Col. i. 10. 
Head of the corner. Matt. xxi. 

42. 
Heir of all things. Heb. i. 2. 
High Priest. Heb. iii. 1. 
Hoiy One of God. Mark i. 24. 
Holy One of Israel. Isa. xl. 16. 
Holy Child. Acts iv. 30 
Hope. 1 Tim. i. 1. 
Hope of Israel. Acts xxviii. 20. 
Horn of salvation. Luke i. 69. 

Ps. xviii. 2. 
I Am. John viii. 58. Exod. iii. 14. 
Jehovah. Exod^ vi. 3. Gen. xi. 24. 
Jesus. Matt. i. 21. 1 Thess. i. 10. 
Image of the invisible God. Col. 

i. 15. 
Kingof Zion. Ps. ii. 6. Matt. xxi. 

5. Isa. Ixii. 1 1. 
King of the Jews. Matt. ii. 2. 
King of Israel. John i. 49. 
King of kings. Rev. xvii. 14. 
Lamb of God. John i. 29. Rev. 

xiii. 8. 
Light of the wprld. Jolm ix. 5. — 

viii. 12. 



Life. John xiv. 6. Col. iii. 4, 
Lion of the tribe of Judah. Rev. 

V. 5. 
Lord. Rom. i. 5. Luke ii. 11. 

of lords. Rev. xvii. 14. 

Man. Acts xvii. 31. 1 Tim. ii. 5. 
Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 

15. 
Messiah. John i. 41.— -iv. 25. 
Melchisedeck. Heb. vii. 1,3. 
Mighty God. Isa. ix. 6. 
Michael. Rev. xii. 7. 
Offspring of David. Rev. xxii. 16- 
Only begotten of the Father. John 

i. 14. 
Passover. 1 Cor. v. 7. 
Potentate, only. iTim. vi. 15. 
Prophet. Luke xxi. 19. Acts ii.' 

28. 
Propitiation. 1 John ii. 2. 
Prince of peace. Isa. ix. 6. 
Prince of the kings of the earth, 

Rev. i. 5. 
Prince of life. Acts iii. 15. 
Power of God. 1 Cor. i. 14. 
Purifier. Mai. iii- 3. Matt. iii. 12. 
Ransom. 1 Tim. ii. 6. 
Redeemer. Isa. lix. 20. Job.xix. 

25. 
Refiner. Mai. iii. 3. 
Righteous servant. Isa. liii. 1. 
Righteousness. 1 Cor. i. 30. 
Rock. 1 Cor. X.4. Deut. xxxii. 15. 
Root of David. Rev. xxii. 16. 
Ruler in Israel. Mic. v. 2. 
Saviour. Luke ii. 11. Eph. v. 23, 
Seed of the woman. Gen. iii. 17". 
— -of David. 2Tim. ii. 18. 
Shilo. Gen. xlix. 10. 
Son of God. John i. 34. 
Son of the Most High. Luke i. 5 1 . 
Son of man. John iii. 13. Mati, 

XXV. 3 . 
Second man. 1 Cor. xv. 47, 
Servant of God. Matt. xii. 18. 
Shepherd. John x. 11, 14. 
Great Shepherd. Heb. xiii. 20. 
Shepherd of souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. 
Stone refused. Matt. xxi. 42.— 

Ps. cxviii. 22.— Acts iv. I!. 
Sun of rioi-hteousness, Mntt. iv. 5. 



Chap. VII. Christ's IVork^. U^ 

True witness. Rev. iii. 14. Wisdom of God. I Cor. i. 14. 

Truth. John xiv. 6. , cur. 1 Cor. i. 30. 

Vine. John XV. 1. Word of God. John i. i. Rev.. 
Way. John xiv. 6. xix. 13c 

Wonderful. Isa.ix. 6. W^ith God. Johi^. i 1, 14. 



C HA P, VIL 
CHRIST'S WORKS. 

I. HE created all thivgs. John i. 3. All things were made by him? 
and without nim was net any thing made. Rev. viii. 29, 30, 

Ver. 10. The world was made by him. 

1 Cor. viii. 6. By whom are all things. 

Eph. iii. 9. God created all things by Jesus Christ. 

Col. i. 16. By hi\n were all things created, that are in heaven, 
an<l that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones 
or dominions, principalities or powers, all things were crec.ted by him. 
and for him, and he is before all things, and by him all things con- 
sist. 

Keb. i. 2. By him God made the worlds,. 

Ver. 10. Thou, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the 
earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands. Ver. 11. 
Ch. iii. 3, 4. 

II. Christ shall raise the dead. John x. 1 8. Jesus said, I have power 
to lay down my life and to take it again. Ch ii. 19, 21 

V. 21. As the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even 
so the Son quickeneth v/hom he will. 

Ver. 25. The hour is coming, and now is, in the which all that are 
in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that 
hear shall live. 

Ver. 28. AH that are in their graves shall hear his voice. 

Ver. 29. And shall came forth ; they that have done good unto the 
resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrec- 
tion of damnation. Dan. xii. 2. 

vi. 40. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one that 
seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life, and I 
will raise him up at the last day- Ver. 39, 40. Ch. xi. 25, 26. 
2 Tim. i. 10. 

III. Christ tvill change the bodies of mankind. Phil iii. 21. Christ 
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his 
glorious body, according to the working of his mighty powder, whereby 
he is able even to subdue all things to himself. See 1 Cor. xv. 
51, 52. 

IV. Christ shall judge the world, Isa. xi. 3. He shall not judge 
after the sight of his eyes. 

Matt. xxiv. 30. They shall see the Son of man coming in the 
clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 

Ver. 31. He shall send his angels with the sound of a trumpet, 



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<ind they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from 
one end of heaven to the other. Dan. vii. 13, 14. Markxiii. 24 to 
28. Rev. i. 7 — xiv. 14 — xxii. 20. 

Matt. XXV. 31. The Son of man shall come in his glory, and all 
>iis holy angels with him, and then shall he sit upon the throne of 
his glory. Matt. xix. 28. Luke ix. 26. 

Ver. 32. Before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall 
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep 
from the goats. 

Ver. 33. He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats 
on the left. 

John V. 22. The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son. 

Ver. 27. He hath given him authority to execute judgment, be- 
cause he is the Son of man. 

Acts x. 42. The apostles said, Jesus commanded us to preach un- 
to the people and to testify, that it is he which was ordained of God 
to be the judge of the quick and dead. 

xvii. 3 1 . God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the 
world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained (Jesus 
Christ.) 

Kom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. 

xiv. 10. We must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ- 

2 f im. iv. 1. The Lord Jesus shall judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and his kingdom. 

V. Christ will dispense suitable rewards andfiunishmentsto allmankind. 

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come, then shall he reward 
every one according to his works. Rom. iv. 10. 2 Cor. v. 10. 
Gai. vi. 7, 8. Rev. xxii. 12. See, God will render to men accord- 
1. ^o their works, in Chap, upon Good Works. 

V I - . .vordsf-om Christ to the righteous. Matt. xxv. 34. To them 
on hi:. he nana, he will say, come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
the Ivin.-, cm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.^ 

Ver. 35. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat, I was thirs- 
ty and ye gave m.e drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in. 

^ er. 36. Naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, 
I was in prison and ye came unto me. 

Ver. 40. Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it 
v.nto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

Ver. 46. The righteous shall go into life eternal. Ver. 36 to 40. 

xiii. 43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the 
kingdom of their Father. Dan. xii. 3. As the brightness of the fir- 
mament and as the stars for ever and ever. 

xix. 28. Jesus said, ye that have followed me in the regeneration, 
-vhen the Son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory, ye also 
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the tvvelve tribes of Israel. 
[ 1 Cor. vi. 2.) Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world, 
j'hat we shall judge angels ? Luke xxii. 30. 

Ver. 29. Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or 
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, shall receive an hundfcd-fold, and shall inherit ever-- 
lasting life. Luke xviii. 29, 30. 



Chap. VII. Christ's IVorks, U7 

Luke xxii. 29. I appoint unto you a kingdom as my Father hath 
appointed unto me. 

Ver. 30. That ye may eat and drink at my table, Sec. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall 
ye also appear with him in glory. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the 
Lord in the air, so shall we ever be with the Lord. John ver. 26. 

2 Thess. i. 10. Christ shall come to be glorified in his saints, and 
to be admired in all them that believe. 

Rev. ii. 10. I will give thee a crown of life. 2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown 
of righteousness. 1 Cor. ix. 25. An incorruptible crown. 1 Pet. i. 4. 
An inheritance incorruptible. 

vii. 17. The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed 
them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. See, Being glad, rejoicing 
in the Lord. 

xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they 
should be judged, and that thou shouldst give a reward unto thy ser- 
vants the prophets, and unto the saints, and unto them that fear thy 
»ame, small and great. 

VII. Punishments injiicted on the wicked by Christ. Matt. vii. 22. 
Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied 
in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done 
many wonderful works. Luke xiii. 26. We have eaten and drunk in 
thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 

Ver. 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you, de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. 

xiii. 40. As the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall 
it be in the end of the world. 

Ver. 41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they 
shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which 
do iniquity. 

Ver. 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be. 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Ver. 49, 50. 

XXV. 32. Before the Son of man shall be gathered all nations, and 
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the 
sheep from the goats. 

Ver. 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the 
goats on the left. 

Ver. 41. Then shall he say to them on the left hand, depart from 
me, ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his 
angels. 

Matt. XXV. 42. For I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat, I 
was thirsty and ye gave me no drink. 

Ver. 43. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in, naked and ye 
clothed me not, sick and in prison, and ye visited me not. 

Ver. 45. I say unto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the 
least of these, ye did it not to mc. 

Ver. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment. 
Mark ix. 44. The worm dieth not, 5cc. Isa. Ixvi. 44o John iii. 36, 
The wrath of God sbideth on them. 



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Chap. VII. 



Matt. X. 11 . Jesuii sent forth his disciples, and said unto them, 
into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, 

Ver. 14." If they shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when 
ye depart, shake off the dust of your feet. 

Ver. 15. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the 
land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that 
city. 

Mark viii. 38. Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my 
words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the 
Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father, 
with the holy ang-els. See threats against Chorazin, and Bethsaida. 
Matt. xi. 20, 22. Against Capernaum. Matt. xi. 23, 24. Against 
the impenitent hearers of Christ. Matt. xii. 41, 42. 

Luke iii. 43. He will gather the wheat into Lis garner, but the 
chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 

John xii. 48. He that rejecteth me, hath one that judgeth him, the 
word that 1 have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day. 

1 Thess. V. 2. The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 
Ver. 3. For when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden 

destruction cometh upon them, and they shall not escape. 

2 Thess. i 7. The JLord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from hea- 
ven, with his mighty angels. 

Ver. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

ii. 8. The wicked one, (or man of sin) the Lord will consume with 
the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his 
coming. Rev. xvii. 8. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them iiito chains ot darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. Ver. 6, 14, 15. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of 
temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment, to 
be punished. 

Ver. 10. But chiefly them that walk after the lusts of uncletuiness, 
and despise government. 

Rev. vi. 14. The heavens departed as a scroll. 

Ver. 15. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the 
Tich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and evoiy 
bondman, and every freeman hid themselves in the dens, and in the 
rocks of the mountains. 

Rev. vi. 16. And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us, and 
hide us from the face of him that silteth on the throne and from the 
wi-ath of the Lamb, 

V^cr. 17. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shull 
be able to stand ? 

xi. 1 8. Thy vv'rath is come, and the time that thou shouldst de- 
stroy them, that destroy the earth. 

xM. 14. Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is 
the second death. 



Chap. VllL Wbrship offered to Chrnit, 139 

Rev. XX. 15. And whosoever vi^as not found written in the book of 
Tife, was cast into the lake of fire. Ch. xix. 20. ^ . 

xxi. 8. The wicked shall have their portion in the lake, which 
burneth with fire and brimstone. 



CHAP, VIII. 
WORSHIP OFFERED TO CHRIST. 

I. ACTSofworshifi offered to Christ jointlyivith the Father, Matt 
xxviii. 19. Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

John V. 23. All men should honour the Son, even as they honour 
the Father. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor, i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2 — vi. 
63. Phil. i. 2, Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. Philem.. 3. 

2 Cor. xii. 19. We speak before God in Christ^ 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. Rev. i. 4, 5. 

Phil. ii. 11. Every tongue shall confess, that Jesus Christ is Lordj 
to the glory of God the Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Lord Jesus Christ, and God even our Father, 
comfort your hearts, and stablish you. 

Rev. V. 13. Every creature which is in heaven, and in earth, heard 
I, saying, blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him 
that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. 

vii. 9. I beheld and lo, a great number, which no man could num- 
ber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before 
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and 
palms in their hands. 

Ver. 10. And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God 
which sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb. 

II. Acts of Ivor fi hip offered to Christ alone by the church in heaven^ 
and upon earth. Ps. ii. 12. Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and ye' 
perish. 

Ixxii. 17. All nations shall call him blessed. 

cxviii. 26. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
Matt. xxi. 9. Mark xi. 9. Luke xiii. 35. 

Matt. ii. 2. The wise men said, we are come to worship him. 

xviii. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in nmy name 

Luke xxiii. 42. The malefactor said. Lord, remember me when 
ihou comest into thy kingdom. 

xxiv. 52. The disciples v/orshipped him. 

Acts vii. 59. They stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying. 
Lord Jesus receive my spirit. 

ill. 16. In the name of Jesus Christ, rise and walk. 

ix. 14. Het-e he l^ath aulboiity to bind ail that call on thy i>4me.- 



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Acts ix. 2 1 . Is not this he that destroyed them which called on 
this name. 

xxii 16. Be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling upoft the 
name of the Lord. 

Rom. X. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all that call upon him. 
Ver. 13. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be 
saved. Acts ii. 21. Joel ii. 32. 

\ er. 14. How shall they call on him of whom they have not heard ? 

Rom. xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 
V^er. 24. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. Phil. iv. 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. iii. 
18. Gal. vi. 18. Philem. 25. 

1 Cor. i. 2. With all that in every place, call on the name of Jesus- 
Christ our Lord. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you 
all. Rev. i. 5.— xxii. 21. 

Gal. I. 5. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
Phil. ii. 9. At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow. 
Ver. 19. I trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ch. xxiv. 
Col. ii. 18. Let no man beguile you in a voluntary humility, and 
worshipping of angels, not holding the head, which is Christ. 

1 Thess. iii. 11. Our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 

1 Tim.i. 12. I thankChristJesusK)ur Lord, who hath enabled me. 
ii. 7. I speak the truth in Christ. 

V. 21. I charge thee before the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. i. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 9. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ, de- 
part from iniquity. 

iv. 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory both now and for e-ver. 
Amen. 

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world- 
he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. 

Rev. XV. 6. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins 
in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

V. 11. I heard the voice of many angels round aljout the throne, 
and the beasts, and the elders, and the number of tiiem was, ten 
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of tliousands. 

Ver. 12. Saying with a loud voice, v/orthy is the Lamb that was 
slain, to receive power and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and 
honour, and glory, and blessing. 



CHAP. IX. 

PERFECTIONS OF CHRIST, OF KNOWLEDGE, 
WISDOM, &c. 



L CHRIST'S knowledge. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord shall 
rest upon him, the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom and understanding. 



Chap. IX. Perfectiom of Christ, 141 

. Matt. ix. 4. Jesus knowing their thoughts. Ch. xii. 25. Luke 
ix. 47. 

Matt. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son^ 
and he to whom the Son will reveal him. John i. 18. — x. 15. 

Mark ii. 8. He perceived in spirit that they so reasoned within 
themselves. 

Luke vii. 39. The Pharisee spake within himself. 
Ver. 40, Jesus answered. 

John ii. 24. He knew all men, he knew what was in man. 
vi. 64. He knew who should betray him. Ch. xiii. 1 1. 
xvi. 19. He knew they were desirous to ask him. 
Acts i. 24, Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men. 
1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will make manifest the counsels of the 
h eart. 

Heb. xii. 13. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and 
intents of the heart. Rev. xix. 13. His name is the Word of God. 

Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the reins and heart. Ch. 
V. 6. 

II. C/irisc's ivisdom. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of wisdom shall rest up- 
on him. 

Luke ii. 40. Jesus was filled with wisdom. Ver. 52. 
J Cor. i. 24. Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 
Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom, and know- 
edge. 

Rev. V. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to receive power, and riches, and 
wisdom, Sec. 

HL C/irist's power and dominion. Ps. xlv. 3. Gird thy sword O 
most Mighty. 

Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called the mighty God. 
Matt. xxiv. 30. They shall see the Son of man coming with pow- 
er, and great glory. 

xxvi. 64. Hereafier shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right 
hand of power. 

xxviii. 1 8. All power is given to me in heaven and earth. 
Luke iv. 32. His word was with power, 

John x. 18. I have power to lay down my life, and to take it again, 
xvii. 2. Thou hast given him power over all flesh. 
Acts X. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with power. 
1 Cor. i. 24. Christ the power of God. 
, XV. 24. He shall have put down all authority and power. 
Eph. i. 21. He is above all principality and power. 
Col. ii. 10. The head of all power. 
1 Tim. vi. 16. 1 o him be power everlasting. 
Heb. i. 3. Upholding all things by the word of his power. 

1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of God, angels, authori- 
ties, and powers being made subject to him. 

2 Pet. i. 16. We made known to you the power and coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. xii. 10. Now is the pawer of Christ come. His works were 
mighty. Matt. xi. 20, 21, 23. — xiii. 54, 58. Mark vi. 2. Luke ix. 43. 
— xix. 37. — xxiv. 19. See Christ'b miracles, and his ^'yorks. Creating 
ihe world) raising the dead, Sec. 



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IV. Various acta of Chrisf*s fiower toward his fieople. Ps. ex. 4. Thy 
people sliall be willing in the day of thy power. 

Isa. Ixiii. 1. Mighty to save. Ch. xlii. 4. 

Matt. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. 
Mark ii. 10. Luke v. 24. 

X. 1. He called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them pow- 
er against unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner 
of sickness, and all manner of disease. 

xvi. 18. I will build my church, kc. 

Luke V. 17. The power of the Lord was present to heal. 

John X. 28. Neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 

1 Cor. i. 8. Christ shall confirm you unto the end, that ye may be 
blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, i Thess. iii. 13. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. He said my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is 
made perfect in weakness; most gladly therefore (saith Paul) will I ra- 
ther glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon 
me. 

Phil. iii. 21. The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile body, that 
it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the 
working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 

iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 

Col. i. 29. I labour, striving according to his working which work* 
eth in me mightily. 

Heb. ii. 18. He is able to succour them that are tempted. 

vii. 25. Able to save to the uttermost. 

2 Tim. i. 12. Able to keep that committed to him. 

V. Jets of his fiower against his enemies. Ps. ii. 9. Thou shalt break 
them with a rod of iron. Acts xiii. 13. Heb. i. 5. 

ex. 2. Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth. 

XXV. 8. He will swallow up death in victory. I Cor. xv. 57. 

Ixiii. 3. I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my 
fury. 

Luke iv. 35. With power he commanded the unclean spirit. 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies brin^ hither and slay them. 

John xvi. 33. I have overcome the world. 

Col. ii, 15. He spoiled principalities and powers. 

2 Thess. i. 9. His enemies shall be punished with everlasting de- 
struction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power. 

ii. 8. The Lord shall consume the wicked one, with the Spirit of 
bis mouth, and shall destroy him with the brightness of his coming. 

Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that he might destroy 
him that had the power of death, that is the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. The Son of God was manifested that he might des- 
troy the works of the devil. 

Rev, xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome them. Ch. iii. 21. 

:;ix» 11. In righteousness he doth judge, and make war. 

VL Chrits's righteousness, xlv. 7. Thou lovest righ'teousness, and 
hatest iniquity. 

iKxii, 2. He shall iudfre with rii^hteousDess- Isa. xi. 4. 



Chap. IX. Perfections of Christ. 14S 

Isa. xi. 5. Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins. 

xxxii. I. A. king shall reign in righteousness. 

xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in righteousnes*. 

11. 5. My righteousness is near, 

liii. 9. He had done no violence, neither v^ras deceit in his mouth 

iix. 16. His righteousness, it sustained him. 

Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a breast-plate. 

Ixi. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy righteousness. 

Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 

Jer. xxiii. 5. I will raise unto David a righteous branch. 

Ver. 6. This is his name, the Lord our Righteousness. 

Matt. iv. 3. Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righte- 
ousness arise. 

Matt. iii. 15. It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of life the Lord the righteous judge shall 
give. 

Heb. i. 8. A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy king- 
dom. Ch. vii. 2. King of righteousness. 

1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

Vn. He firomoted righteousness* Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righ- 
teousness. 

xlv. 4. Ride prosperously because of truth, and meekness, and 
righteousness. 

ixxii. 7. In his days shall the righteous flourish. 

Isa. xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righ- 
teousness remain in the fruitful field. 

Ver. 17. The work of righteousness shall be p6ace. 

liv. 17. Their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord> 

Ix. 17. I will make their exactors righteousness. 

Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees of righteousness. 

Ver. 10. He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness. 

Ver. II. The Lord will cause righteousness to spring forth. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined, to bring in everlasting 
righteousness. 

John xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of righteousness. 

1 John ii. 29. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every 
one that doth righteousness is born of him. 

VHL Christ^s holiness. Dan. ix. 24. To anoint the most holy. 

Mark i. 24. I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. 

Luke i. 35. That holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be call- 
ed the Son of God. 

Acts iii. 14. Ye denied the holy one, and the just. 

iv. 27. Againt the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both 
Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and people of Israel were 
gathered together. Ver. 50. 

Heb. vir. 26. Who is holy, harmless, undefiied, and separate from 
sinners. Ch. iv. 15. Without sin. 

1 Pet. ii. 22. V/ho did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. 

IX. Christ's justice. Zech. ix. 9. He is just, and having salvation. 

Mixii. xxvii, l9o Have nothing to do with that just man. 



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i I 



Ver. 24. 1 am iiinucent of the blood of this just man. 

John V. oO, My judgment is just. 

viii. 46. Who of you convinceth me of sin. Ch. xii. 7. 

iii. 18. Christ suflered, the just for the unjust. 

X. His truth. John i. !4. The only begotten of the Father, full 
of grace and truth. Xqy. 1 7. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

viii. 40. I have told you the truth. Ver. 45. 

xiv. 6. i am the way, the truth and the life. 

xviii. 57. For this cause came 1 into the world, that I should bei:r 
M'itness unto the truth. 

2 Cor. xi. 10. As th« truth of Christ is in me. 

Eph. iv. 21. As the truth is in Jesus. 

Kev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. 

Xi. His goodness. Acts x. 38. He went about doing good. 



John X 



K /?-; 



I arn llie good shepherd. 
cy. 1 Tim. i. 16. That in me Christ might shew all 



X 
long 

He a. ii. I. . That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest* 

XiH. Chris t^s ctirrdtij. Prov. viii. 23. I was set up from everlast- 
ing, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. See to ver. 32. 

Mic. V. 2. Whose goings forth, have been of old, from everlasting. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the word. 

viii. 58. Before Abraham was, I am. 

xvii. 5. Glorify me, with the glory which I had with thee before 
the world was. 

Ver. 24. Thou lovest me before the foundation of the world. 

Col. i. 17. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. 

Keb. i. 12. Tliou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 

vil. 3. Having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but like 
the Son of God. 

xiii. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and to-day, and forever. 

Rev. i. 8, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending. 
Ch. xxi. 6 — xxii. 13. 

Ver. 17. The first and the last. Ch. ii. 8. 

Ver. 18, I am he that iiveth, (or the living one,) and was dead. 



C H A P. X. 

CHRIST^S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY 
RECEIVE THROUGH HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, 
REDEExMER, DELIVERER, £cc. 



L CHRIST is the Saviour, salvatioji is by him. Isa. xxv. 9. W^e 
■viii be glad and rejoice in thy salvation. 

xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord, with an everlasting sal- 
vation- Ver. .22. Look unto me, &c. 

xlvi. 13. I will place salvation in Zion. 

xiix. 6. I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may- 
eet be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Acts xiii. 47, 



Chap. X. Chriafs BeneJiU. \^S 

Isa. xlix. 8. I win s^ive the<e for a covenant of the people. 
li. 5. My salvation is gone forth, the isles shall v\~uit upon me? and 
on mine arm shall they trust. 

Ver. 6. My salvation shall be for ever, from generation to gene- 
ration. Ver. 8. 

lii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him that publisheth salvation. 

Ver. 10. All ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 

Ivi. i. My salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be 
revealed. 

lix. 16. His arm brought salvation, and his righteousness it sus- 
tained him. Ch.lxiii. 5. 

Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and an helmet 
of salvation upon his head. 

Ix. 18. Thou shalt cull thy walls salvation, and thy gates praise. 

Isa. Ixi. 10. God hath cloathed me with the garment of salvation, 
and covered me with the robe of righteousness. 

Ixii. 1. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my peace, until the righte- 
ousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a 
lamp that burneth. 

Ver. 1 1 . Behold thy salvation cometh ; his reward is with him, and 
his work before him. Zech. ix. 9, 16. 

Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Ver. 5, 9. 

Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at that time., v. ill I cau^e the 
branch of righteousness to grow up unto Da.vid, and he shall execute 
judgment and righteousness in the land. 

Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall 
dwell, safely : And this is the name wherewith she shall be called, 
the Lord our Righteousness. 

Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins. 

xviii. 1 1. The Son of man is come to save that which v/as lost. 

Luke i. 69. God hath rcdsed up an horn of salvation for us. 

Ver. 77. To give the knowledge of salvation unto his people, by 
the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, 
whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us. Ver. 78. 

ii. U. Unto us is born this day a Saviour. 

Luke i. 30. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation. (/. e. Christ.) 

iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation of God. 

ix. 56. The Sonof man is come, not todestroy,buttosavemen's lives... 

xix. 9. This day is salvation [i. e. Christ) come to this house. 

John iii. 17. God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the 
world, but that the world through him might be saved. 

iv. 22. Salvation {i. e, Christ,) is of the Jev/s. 

Ver. 42. This is Christ the Saviour of the world. 

v. 34. These things I say, that ye might be saved, 

X- 9. By him if any man enter in, he shall be saved. 

xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to save the world. 

Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, siiall 
be saved. See worship offei. d to Christ. 

iv. 12. There is none other name, under heaven given among men, 
w '.ereby we must be saved. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour. 

xiii, 23. Of tUi:. i/ian's (David's) seed, hath God r.;i---d -i-r I^- 



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rael a Saviour. Ver. 38. Through his name is preached to you, the 
forgiveness of sins. 

XV. 11. We believe, that through the grace of our Lord Jesus, 
Christ, we shall be saved. 

Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shaltb^ 
saved. 

xxviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles. 

Rom. V. 9. We shall be saved from wrath, through him. 

X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thine heart, thou shalt be saved. 

2 Cor. vi. 2. In a day of salvation have I succoured thee. Isa. iv. 8, 

Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved, through faith, and that not ot 
yourselves. 

V. 23. He is the saviour of the body. 

Phil. iii. 20. Our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look 
for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. V. 9. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain 
salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 

1 Tim. i. XV. Christ Jesus came into the world, to save sinners. 

2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ hath abolished death, and 
brought life and immortality to light. Ver. 9. 

ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the salvation, which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he saved us, through Jesus 
Christ our Sariour. 

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, 
which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by 
them that heard him. 

ii. 10. It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom 
are all things, to make the Captain of our salvation perfect through 
suffering. 

V. 9. He became the author of eternal salvation, unto all that 
obey him. 

vii. 25. He is able to save to the uttermost, all that come unto Cod 
by him. 

ix. 28. He shall appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation. 

1 John iv. 14. The Father has sent the Son, to be the Saviour of 
the world. 

II. Christ a Redeeyner^ redemption throvgh him. Job xix. 25. I kno'T 
that my Redeemer liveth. 

Isa. lix. 20. Tlie Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them 
that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely, by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. i. 30. Christ Jesus, of God is made unto us wisdom and 
righteousness, and s:,nctincation and redemption. Ver. 3. 

Gal. iii. 13. Cbiist hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. 

iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the 
Itxw, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive 
the adoption of sons, Ver. 5. 

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, tliat he might redeem us frorr 
all iniquity, ai^d purify ynto himself a peculiar people, zealous to 
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Heb. ix 12. He entered into the holy place, having obtained eter- 
nal redemption for us. Ver. 15. 

1 Pet. i. 18. Ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, but 
with the precious blood of Christ. Ver. 19. 

Rev. V. 9. Thou hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. 

xiv. 3. These were redeemed from the earth. 

Ver. 4. Redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto 
God and the Lamb. 

III. Christ a ransom. Job xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, 
deliver him, I have found a ransom. 

Isa. XXXV. 10. The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion, with 
songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. Ch. li. 10. — Iv. 12. Jer. 
xxxi. IL Hos. xiii. 14. 

Matt. XX. 28. The Son of man came to give his life a ransom 
for many. Mark x. 15. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave his life a ransom for all. 

IV. Christ a fir ice* 1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are bought with a price. 
Acts XX. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased 

with his own blood. 

V. Christ a deliverer. Luke iv. 18. He hath sent me to heal the 
broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Isa. Ixi. 1. 

Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Zion, the deliverer. Isa. 
lix. 20. 

Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver 
us from this present evil world. 

V. I. Christ hath made us free. Rom. viii. 2. 

1 Thess. i. 10. He delivered us from the wrath to come. 

VI. Mediator. I Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and one mediator, 
between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. 

Heb. viii. 6. He is the mediator of a better covenant. ; 

ix. 12. The mediator of the new covenant. 

VII. Intercessor. Isa. liii. 12. He made intercession for transgres- 
sions. 

Rom. viii. 34. Who maketh intercession for us. 

VIII. Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate with the Fa- 
ther, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

Heb. ix. 24. He entered into heaven, to appear in the presence of 
God for us. 

IX. Reconciliation by Christ. Rom. v. 10. We were reconciled to 
God by the death of his Son. Ch. xi. l5. 

2 Cor. V. 18. God hath reconciled us to himself, by Jesus Christ. 
Ver. 19. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. 
Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile both unto God by the cross. 
Col.i. 19. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness 

dwell, (and having made peace through the blood of his cross,) by 
him to reconcile all things to himself. 

Ver. 21. You hath he reconciled. 

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest, 
to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 

Eph. i. 10. That he might gather together in one, all things in 
Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are in earth, even in him. 

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^. Cor. V. 18, 19. The ministry and word of reconciliation. 

X. Peace ivith God-by Christ. Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called 
Prince of peace. Ver. /. 

liii. 5. The chastisement of our peace was upon him. 

liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25.1 will make with them a covenant of peace. Jer, 
xxxi. 31. 

Zech. vi. 13. The council of peace shall be between them. 

ix. 10. He shall speak peace unto the heathen. Ps. Ixxli. Eph. ii. 7 

Luke i. 79. To guide our feet into the Avay of peace. 

ii. 14. On earth, peace, and good will to men. 

xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 

John xvi. 33. These things I have spoken, that ye might have 
peace. Ch. xiv. 27. My peace I leave with you. 

Acts X. 36. The word which God sent to the children of Israel, 
preaching peace by JesUs Christ. 

Rom. i. 7. Peace from God the Father, and from the Lord J'fesus 
fchrist. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. PhiU i. 2. 
Col. i. ?. I Thess. i. 1. 3 Thess. i. 2. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i, 4. 
Philem. 3. I John 3. 1 Pet. i. 3. 2 Pet. i. 2. Jude 2. 

V 1. We have peace with God, through the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace. Ver. 15. Making peaqe. 

Ver. 17. He preached peace, Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. The 
gospel of peace. 

Pbil. iv. 7. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, 
shall keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus. Col. iii. 15. 

XL Grace from Christ, John i. 16. Of his fulness have all we re- 
ceived, and grace for grace. Ver. 17. Grace and truth came by Je- 
sus Christ. 

Acts XV. I L Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we shall 
be saved. 

Rom. V. 15. The grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is 
by Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many. 

Ver. 17. They which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift 
of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus Christ. 

xvi. 20. The ^race of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 2 Coc' 
1,3 xiii. 14. Gal. vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev.xxii. 21. 

1 Cor. i. 4 I thank God on your behalf, for the grace of God, 
which is given you by Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. i. 2. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Cal. i. 2. 

xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee. 

Eph. iv. 7. Unto every one of us is given grace according to the 
measure of the gift of Christ. 

Ver. 8 He received gifts for men. 

XH. Justijicanon by Chrht. Isa. liii. 11. By his knowledge shal} 
my rii^-meous servant j a sti-fy many. 

Acts xiii. 39, By him all that believe^ arc jnr.tiFied from all things, 
from which ye could not be justitied by the law of Moses. 

Rom. iii. 24. Justitied freely by his grace, tlirough the redemp' 
doD that is in Je&us Christ. Ver, i6, 28. 



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Rom. V. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath 
♦^o come. Ver. 16, 17, 18, 19. 

viii. 1. There is no condemnation) to them that are in Christ Jesus. 

1 Cor. vi. 1 1, Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the faith of Jesus Christ. 

iii. 8. God would justify the heathen through faith. Ver. 24. 
Ch. V. 4. 

XIII. Sanctijication throvgh Christ, 1 Cor, i. 2. To them that are 
sanctified in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 50. Christ Jesus, of God, is made tmto us, wisdom and righ= 
teousness, and sanctification, and redemption. 

vi. 11. Ye are sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus. 

Eph. V. 25. Christ loved the church and gave himself for it, that 
he might sanctify and cleanse it. Ver. 2f , 

Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regene- 
ration) and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. ii. 11. jHe that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are 
all of one. 

X. 10. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of 
Jesus. 

Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever, them that are 
3?inctified. Ver- 29. 

Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus that he might sanctify the people with his 
Qwn blood, suffered without the gate. 

XIV. Christ is called life to his fie o file. John i. 4. In him was life, 
^ndthe life wa? the light of men. 

v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to th^ 
Son to have life in himself. 

vi. 68. Thou hast the words of eternal life* 

xi. 2 5. I am the resurrection, and the life. 

Pviv. 6. I am the way, the truth and the life. 

Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. 

1 John i. 1, Our hands have handled of the word of life. 

Ver. 2. For the life was manifested, and we have seen itv and bear 
witness, and shew unto you, that eternal life which was with the Fa- 
ther and was mai)ifested unto us. 

V. 12. He that hath the Son hath life, he tliat hath not the Spn hath 
pot life, 

Ver. 2Q. This is the true God, and eternal life. 

XV. Eternal tife^ is from and by Christ. John iv. 1 6. Whosoever shall 
drink of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst. 

John vi. 27". Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that 
meat which endureth to everlasting lifg, wluch the Son of man shall 
give unto you. Ver. 33. 

vi. 48. 1 am the bread of life. Ver 53. 

Ver. 51.1 am the living bread, which came down from heaven, if 
^Xiy man $at of this br^ad ho phc»il live ||or ever. 



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John vi. 57. He that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 

viii. 12 He that folio weth me shall have the light of life. 
, X. 10. I am come that ye might have life. 

Ver. 28.1 give unto them eternal life, neither shall any pluck them 
out of my hand, 
xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. 

Rom. V. 17. They which receive abundance of grace, and of tht- 
gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 21. As sin reigned unto death, even so might gra|pe reigu 
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall 
ye appea.r with him in glory. 

1 Thess. V. 10. Christ died for us, that whether we wake or sleep 
■^ye should live together with him. 

2 Tim- i. 10. Christ hath brought life and immortality to light by 
the gospel. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 

XVf. Eternal life, is the gift of God through him. Rom. vi. 23. The 
wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Ch. v. 18. Rev. xxii. 17. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. 

Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, pro- 
mised before the world began. 

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrec- 
tion of Jesus Christ. 

1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he hath promised us, even 
eternal life. 1 John ii. 25. 2 Tim. i. 1. 

V. 11. This is the reward that God hath given to us eternal life, 
and this life is in his Son^ Rom. v. 17,21. 

XVn. Benefits from Christ against sin^ by ivay of extract from the 
foregoing and following sections. 

Isa. liii. 5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruis- 
ed for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, 
and with his stripes we are healed. 

Ver. 6. The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

Ver. 10. Thou wilt make his soul an offering for sin. 

Ver. 12. He bare the sin of many. 

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain opened to the house of 
David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 

Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins. 

ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive shis. Ver. 2. 

xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the remission of sins. 

Luke xxiv. 46. Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from 
the dead the third day. 

Ver. 47. That repentance and remission of sins should be preach- 
ed in his name. Ch. i. 77. 

John i. 29. The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the 
world . 

Acts ii. 38. Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins. 



Chap. X. Chrises Benefits. iSl 

Acts V. 51. Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be a 
prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of 
sins. 

X. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 

xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness 
of sins. 

XXX. 26. God sent him to bless you in turning you from your ini- 
quities. 

Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteousness for the remission of 
sins. 

V. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath 
through him. 

vi. 0. He died unto sin once. 

viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh. 

1 Cor. XV. 3. Christ died for our sins. 

Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ: 

2 Cor. v. 21 . He made him to be sin for us. 
Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our sins. 

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his bloodj the 
forgiveness of sin. Col. i. 14. 

iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Col. iii. 23. As Christ forgave you, so do ye. 

1 Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save sinners. 

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own blood. Heb.^ix. 22,_ 

ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that through death, he 
might destroy him that had the power of death. 

ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 

Ver. 28. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. 

x. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. 

1 Pet iii 24. Who bare our sins in his own body on the tree. 

iii. 18. Christ sufi^ered for sins. 

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth,from all sin. Ver. 9. 

ii. 1. If any man sin we have an advocate With the Father, Jesus 
Christ the righteous. 

Ver. 2. He is the propitiation for our sins — for the sins of the 
whole world. 

Ver. 12. Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 
■ iii. 5. lie was manifested to take away our sins. 

Ver. 8. That he might destroy the works of the devil. 

Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and hi1> 
Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

XV II I. Chrisfs love to hh people. John xiii. 3. having loved his 
own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 

Ver. 34. A new commandment I gave unto you, that ye love one 
another as I loved you. 

XV. 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. 

Rom. viii. 37. We are more than conquerors, through him that 
ioved us. 

Eph, V. ii. Christ hath loved us and given himself for us. 

Ver. 25. Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it. 



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Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved qs aiid washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, 

Ver. 6, And hath made us king^s and priests unto God and his Fa- 
ther, be (^lory and dominion for ever. 

iii, 9, \ v/iU make them to kno\y that I have loved thee. See Ps. 
xlv, II. Prov, viii. 31. Song. ii. 4, 6. — iv. 9. — vii. 10. 

Chrtst*& ca^-c of his people, Isa, xl. 1 1. He shall feed his flock like 
a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs wita his arm, and gently lead 
those that are with youn;^, See Ch. xlix. 10. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. 

Matt, xxiii. 37. How often would I have gathered thy children afc 
a hen ^athereth her chickens under her wjngs. Isa. xlii. 3. Eph. v. 29. 

Christ's presence vjUH his people. Matt, xviii. 20. Where two or 
three are gathered together in thy name, there am I in the midst of 
itiiem. 

xxviii. 20, I am with you ahvay unto the end of the world. 

John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you, 

Ver, 2 1 . He that loypth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will 
k)ve him, and manifest myself to him. 

Ver, 23, My Father will love hirn, and we will come to him. 

Acts xvjii. 10. I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt 
thee. Ch. xxiii. U, 2 Tim. iv. 17. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Father and with the Son. 

Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of the golden candliesticks. 

iii» 20, Behold I stand at the door, and ^nock ; if any man hear my 
voice and open the door, I will come in to himj and sup with him, 
and he with me. 

XX, Christ* s excellencies and benejits briefly expressed, Eph, i. 3. 
God the Father hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ* 

Ver. 23. The fulness of him that fiUeth all in all. 

iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ. 

Ver. 19. Being filled with all the fulnes$ of God. 

iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness 
of Christ. Ver, 7, The measure of the gift of Christ. 

Coi. i. 19, It pleased the Father, that in him should all, fulness 
.dwell. 

Ver. 20. And by him to reconcile all things to himself. 

ii. 10. Ye are complete in him. 

i^ii, 1 1, Christ is all and in all. 



XXI, Titles given to Christ, taken from the highest, most honoura- 
ble and useful offices among men, as prc^het, priest, king, denot- 
ing his benefits to mankind against sdn? and his dignity above all 
on earth. 

XXII, Chrisst's prophetic office was carried on by his Spirit^ speak-* 
inp^ in the prophets of old, 1 Pet. i. 10, Of which salvation (by Christ} 
the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied 
of the grace that should come unto you. 

Ver. 11. Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of 
Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand 
*\\ii sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 

Ver* 1^- U»to v/hom it was revealed, that not un^o themijelyeg. 



Chap. %. Christ's Benefits. I56 

but unto us they did minister the things which are now reponed tin^- 
to you by them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Ho- 
ly Gh6st sent down from heaven, which things the ang&Is desire to 
look into. 

1 Pet. iii. 19; By which (Spirit) Christ preached unto the spirits 
in prison. 

Ver. 20. In the days of Noe, while the Ark was preparing. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time, by the will of men, 
but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost* 
2 Tim. iii. 16. 

XXIII. Christ's firo/i/ieik office thus foretold by the prophets.- Deut. 
xviii. 18. The Lord said, I will raise them up a prophet from among 
their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, 
and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 

Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness, I have not refrained my 
lips. Ver. 10. 

Isa. ix. 2. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great 
light. 

Ver. 6. Unto us a child is born, his name shali be called Counsellor^ 

xlii. 1 . I have put my Spirit upon him^ he shall bring forth judg-* 
ment to the Gentiles. 

Ver. 3. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth, 

Ver. 6. I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles* 

Ver. 7. To open the blmd eyes, to bring out the prisoners from 
the prison, and them that sit in darkness from the prison house. Ch. 
xlix. 9j 10, 

xlix. 5. The Lord formed me from the womb to be his servant, t& 
bring Jacob again to him. Ver. 1, 2, 3, 6. 

li. 4. I will make my judgment to rest, for a light to the people < 
Ver. 5. The Isles shall wait upon me. 

Ver. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth- 

Iii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him that publisheth peace* 
that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth salvation* Ver. 10. Luiip 
iv. 18. 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord* 

Iv. 4. 1 have given him for a witness to the people. 

lix. 21. My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I hfive 
put in thy mouth, shall «ot depcUt out of thy mouth, nor out of tri6 
mouth of thy seed. 

Ix. 2. The Lord shall arise Upon thee and his glory shall be seen 
upon thee. 

Ver. 3. The Genliies shall come to thy ligbc. 

Ver. 19. The Lord shall be thine everlasdiig ii.:ht. 

Ixi. I. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, DcciiUaC he hath 
anomted me to prisach good tici!ij;:i,s to the nieek. 

Mai. iii. 1. I'he Lord whom ye ^eek shaii come to his tempk. 
even the messenger of the covenant. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness 
arise with healing under his win^s. Kcv. xxii. 16. Tne brighc and 
riicrning star. 

XXIV. Christ gave the following account of his propjietic ofjirt 



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Matt.xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and 
he to whom the Son will reveal him. 

Luke iv. 43,. I must preach, for therefore am I sent. See Christ's 
sermon, Matt. 5th, 6th, and 7th Chapters, and many other places, 
as Luke vi. 20. 

John i. i. In the beginning was the word. 

iii. 34. He whom God sent speaketh the words of God. 

vii. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

viii. 26. He that sent me is true, and I speak to the world those 
things which I have heard of him. 

Ver. 28. As the Father hath taught me I speak. 

Ver. 38. I speak that which I have seen with my Father. 

xii. 50. Even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 

xiv. 24. The word which ye hear is not mine, but his that sent me. 

XV. 15. All things that i have heard of my Father I have made 
known unto you. 

xvii. 6. Father, I have manifested thy name unto them. 

Ver. 8. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me. 
Ver. 14. 

Ver. 26. I have declared thy name, and will declare. 

Heb. ii. 3. Salvation began to be spoken by the Lord. 

Rev. i. i. The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto 
him. 

XXV. Hence Christ is called the light of i'de rjorld. John i. 5.. The 
light shineth in darkness. 

Ver. 9. The true light, that lighteth every man. 

iii. 19. Light is come into the world. 

viii 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Ch. ix. v. — xii, 
35^46. 

XXVI- Christ a priest. Ps. ex. 4. The Lord hath sworn and will 
not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 
See Heb. i. 13.— vii. 15, 17. 

xl. 6. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not — Lo I I come, in the 
volume of the book it is written of me. 

Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a priest upon his throne. 

Heb. vii. 13. Made like the Son of God, abideth a priest continu- 
ally. Ver. 12. 

Ver. 16. After the power of an endless life, Ver. 28. Consecrated 
for evermore. 

viii. 1. We have an high-priest, who is set on the right hand of the 
throne of the Majesty in the heavens. 

ix. II. Christ became an high-priest of good things to come. 

Ver. 24. He entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence 
of God for us. 1 John ii. 1. 

XXVII. His of^ering a sacrifice, 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover 
is sacriiiced for us. 

Eph. V. 2. Christ hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offer- 
ing and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. 

Heb. viii. 3. It is of necessity that this man have somewhat t« 
offer. 
. ix. 14. He offered himself without spot to God. 



Chap. X. Christ's Benefits, \5B 

Heb. ix. 26. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to 
put away sni by the sacrifice of himself. 

X, 5. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a bsdy hast thou 
prepared me. Ver. 8. 

Ver. 12. But this man after he had ofTered one sacrifice for sins, 
for ever sat down on the right hand of God. 

Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever, them that 
are sanctified. 

XXV [II. Christ nvas given^ and delivered ; the design thereof, John 
iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlast= 
ing life. 

I John iv. 9. God sent his only begotton Son into the world, that 
we mi.&;ht live through him. Acts ii. 23. Rom. iv. 25. — viii. 32. 

XXIX. That Christ gave himself and for what end*. Gal. i. 3, 4- 
The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might de- 
liver us from the present evil world. 

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself, that he might redeem us from aM 
iniquity, and purity unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. 

Gal. ii. 20- The Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offer- 
ing and a sacrifice to God, &:c. 

Ver. 25. The Son of God loved the church and gave himself for 
it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all. 

John X. 15. I lay down my life for the sheep. Ver. 17. See Matt. 
XX. 28. John x. 11. — x. 13. .1 John iii. 16. 

XXX. Christ sujfered^ the end thsrs f Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus that 
he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without 
the gate. 

1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ hath once suffered for sins, that he might 
bring us unto God. Ch. ii. 21. Suffered for us. See Isa. liii. 4, 5, 6. 

XXXI. Christ suffer ed-i the efficacy thereof Rom. v. 6. When v/e 
were without strength, Christ died for the ungodly. 

Ver. 8. While we were yet sinners Christ died for us. 
Ver. 10. We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son. 
vi. 10. He died for our sins. John x. 1 1. He gave his life for the 
sheep, 
viii. 34. W^ho is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died. 

1 Cor. XV. 3. I delivered unto you first of all that which I also re- 
ceived, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures. 

2 Cor. V. 14. If one died for ail, then were all dead. 

Ver. 15. He died for all, that they which live, should live unto 
him, who died for them. 

Heb. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of Godj should taste death for 
every man. 1 Thess. v. 10. He died for us. 

Ver. 14. That through death he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 15, ! 6. . 

XXXI I. Christ's bloody the efficacy thereof Zech. ixv I 1 , As for thee 
also, by the blood of the covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners 
out of the pit, wherein is no water. 

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2ech- xiii. I. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the 
house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for 
uncleanness. See Joel iii. 18. 

Matt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is shed for the remission of sins. 

Acts XX. 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased 
v/ith his blood. 



Rom. 



Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from 



wrath to come. Rom. iii. 25. 

Eph. 1. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14. 

ii 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

Col. i. 30. Having made peace through the blood of his cross, by 
him to reconcile all things to himself. 

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own blood. 

ix. 12. By his own blood, he entered into the holy place, having 
obtained eternal redemption for us. 

Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ purge your 
consciences from dead works to serve the living God. 

Ver. 22. Without shedding of blood is no remission. 

X. 19. Having boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of 
Jesus. 

Ver. 20. By a new and living way wdiich he hath consecrated 
through the veil, that is to say his flesh. 

Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified. 
Ch. xiii. 20. The blood of the everlasting covenant. 

xil. 24. Ye are come to the blood of sprinkling:, which speaketh 
better things than that of Abel. 

xiii. 12. Jesus that he might sanctify the people with his own 
bloo.l, suffered without the gate. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the fore-knowledge of God the Fa- 
ther, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprink- 
ling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 19. Precious blood of Christ. 

i John i. 7. The blocxl of Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Ver. 9, 

v. 6. This is he thut came by water and blood. 

Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in 
his ow^n blood, &c. 

V. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy blood. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and made them white in 
the blood of the Lamb. 

xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of the Lamb. Hence the ti- 
tle of Lamb given to Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29, 36. Rev. v. 6, 
8, 12, 13.— vi. I, 16. — vii. 9, 10, 17. — xiii. 8. — xiv. 4, 10. — xv. 3.— 
xvii. 14.— xix. 7, 9..— xxi. 9, 14,22, 23, 27. — xxii. 1, 3. 

XXXIII. Christ a fior/iitiation. Rom. iii. 25. Jesus Christ, whom 
God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, for 
the remission of sins. 

1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for our sins.— For the sins of 
the whole w-orld. 1 John iv. 10. God sent his Son to be the propitia- 
tion for our sins. 

XXXiV.. v?^^tzem£'72r. Rom. V. 12. We joy in God through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, through whom ^ve have received the atonement. 



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Chap. X. Chris fs Benefits, 157 

XXXV. Chrht stiled a Kin^ having dominion. Gen. xlix. 10. The 
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his 
feet, till Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people 
be. Numb. xxiv. 17. For there shall come a star out of Jacob, and 
a sceptre shall rise out of Israel. 

Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 

xlv. 6 The sceptre of thy kingdom, is a sceptre that is right. 

Ixxxix. 27. I v/ill make him my first born, higher than the kings 
af the earth. 

Song i. 4. The King has brought rne into liis chambers. 

Isa. xxxii. 1 . Behold a King shall reign in righteousness, a man 
shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tem> 
pest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as a shadow of a great rock 
in a weary land. Ver. 2, 

Dan. vii. 14. There v/as given him dominion and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him, his 
dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, his 
kingdom shall not be destroyed. Ver. 17. 

Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daugh- 
ter of Jerusalem, behold thy King cometh unto thee, he is just and 
having salvation. Isa. Ixii. 11. Matt. xxi. 5. 

xiv. 9. The Lord shall be king over all the earth. Ps. Ixxii. 8. 

Matt. ii. 2. Where is he that is born King of the Jews. 

John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel, 

xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this w^orld. Ver. 37. 

xxv. 34. Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, come 
ye blessed of my lather, inherit the kingdom, prepared for you. 

I Cor. XV. 24. Then cometh the end when he shall have deliver' 
ed up the kingdom to God, even the Father. Ver. 26, 27. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crov/ned with glory, and honour, and all things 
put under him. Ver. 8. 

Rev. xi. 5. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms 
of oiu- Lord, and of his Christ. 

XXXVL Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From the going forth of the com- 
mandment, to Messiah the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The Prince of peace- 
Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. Acts v. 3 1. A Prince and Saviour tc 
give repentance and forgiveness of sins. 

XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He is the gcvernor among the 
nations. 

Isa. ix 6. The government shall be upon his shoujders- 

liii. 12. He shall divide the spoil with the strong. 

Mic. V. 2. The ruler in Israel. Ivlatt. ii. 6. 

Isa. xl. 10. His arm shall rule for him. Ch- ixii. 11- 

Iv. 4. I have given him for a leader, and commander to the people. 

Ps. ixxii. 2. He shall judge the people with righteousness. 

ex. 6. He shall judge among the heathen. Joel iii- 12. 

Isa. ii. 4. He shall judge among the nations. Mic. iv. 3. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, and fuller's scap, 

XXXVIII. Christ is stilcd Dxvid. Jer. xxx. 9. They shall serve 
the Lord their God, and David their king, v/hom I will raise up unt© 
them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. — xxxvii, 24. 



m 



158 Baptism, Chap, XI. 

Hop,, iii. 5. The children of Israel shall seek the Lord their God, 
and David their king. 

Amos ix. 1 1. I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, 
and will close up the breaches thereof, and will raise up the ruins, 
and will build it as in the days of old. 

XXXIX. The qffl-/iring of David. Isa. xi. 1 . Th|jre shall come forth 
a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 

Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge. Rom. xv. 2. 

xxii. 22. The key of the house of David, will I lay upon his shoul- 
ders. 

Jer. XXX. 5. I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king 
shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in 
the earth. 

Ver. 6. In his days shall Judah be saved, and Israel shall dwel! 
safely. 

xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment, and righteousness in the 
land. Ver. 17. 

Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my servant, the Branch. 

Ver. 9. I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. 

vi. 12. The man whose name is the Branch, he shall grow out of 
his place, he shall build the temple of the Lord. 

Ver. 13. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his 
ihxone. 

Rev. V. 5. The lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed. 

xxii. 16. The root and offspring of David, the bright and morn- 
ing star. 

XL. The Son of David, Luke i. 32. The Lord shall give unto him 
the throne of his father David. 

Ver. 33. He shall rule over the house of Israel for ever, and of 
his kingdom there shall be no end. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that hath the key of David, that 
openeth and no man shutteth, and that shutteth and no man open- 
eth. Ch, i, 18. That hath the keys of hell and death.. 



e H A P. XI. 
BAPTISM AND T|IE LORD'S SUPPER. 

i'OR ADMISSION INTO THE JEV/ISH CHURCH. SEE CIRCUMCISION 
APPOINTED. GEN. 17 CHAP. FROM VER. 9 TO 25. 

I. BAPTISM before Christ's death. Luke iii. 16. John said, I in- 
deed baptize you v/ith water, but one mightier than I cometh, he shaR 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. John i 2, 6, 3 1, 33. Acts i. 5. 

Acts xix. 4. John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying 
unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come 
after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 

John iv. 2. Jesus baptized not, but liis disciples did. 

1 Cor. X. 2. Our fathers were ail baptized in the cloud, and in the 
fjea. 



Chap. XL Baptism, 159 

II. Baptism after Christ's resurrection. Matt, xxviil. 18, 19. All 
power is tjiven unto me in heaven, and in earth. Go ye therefore and 
leach ail nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you, and lo, I am with you always even unto the end of 
the world. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. 

John iii. 5. Jesus said, except a man be born of water and of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 

Acts ii. 38. Peter said, repent and be baptized every one of you in 
the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. 

Ver. 41, They that gladly received his word, were baptized. 

viii. 12. When those who had been deceived by Simon Magus be- 
lieved Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, 
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and 
women. 

Ver. 13. Simon believed also and was baptized. 

Acts viii. 36. The eunuch said to Philip, here is water, what hin- 
dereth me to be baptized. 

Ver. 37. Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart thou 
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is 
the Son of God. 

Ver. 38. And they went both down into the water, and Philip 
baptized him. 

X. 47. Peter said, can any man forbid water, that these should not 
be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of 
the Lord. 

xvi. 15. Lydia whose heart the Lord touched, and her houshold, 
were baptized. 

Ver. 33'. The jailor, and all his, were baptized. 

xix. 5. Some that had been baptized with John's baptism, were 
again baptized in the name of t^e Lord Jesus. 

xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, why tarriest thou ? Arise and be 
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 
Ch. ix. 18. And he arose and was baptized. 

Rom. vi. 3. As many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, 
were baptized into his death. 

Ver. 4. Therefore w6 are buried with him by baptism into death, 
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the 
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and Gaius. 

Ver. 16. He baptized also the house of Stephanus. 

Ver. 17. Christ sent him not to baptize but to preach the gospeL 

xii. IS. By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether 
we be Jews or Gentiles, bond or free. 

Gal. iii. 27. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have 
put on Christ. 

Ver. 28. Ye are all one in Christ .Tesus. 

CoL ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ in baptism, v/herein also ye 



160 The LorcTs Supper. Chap. XF. 

ore risen Avith him throuj^h the faith of the operation of God, who 
hath raised him from the dead. 

'1 it. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renew- 
in,2^ of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. vi. 1,2. Baptism is one of the principles of the doctrine of 
Christ, along -nilh the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judg- 
ment. 

1 Pet. iii. 20. In the ark eight persons were saved. 

Ver. 21. The like figure wereunto baptism doth now save us (not 
the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good con- 
science toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

THE lord's supper. 

'^(t The ftRssovsr insiituti^d to the Jcivs. Exod. Ch. xi. To be eaten by 
all oftkem^ even by some that were unclean, 

Nv;mb. ix. 6 to II. And was eaten by some such. 2 Chron. xxx. 

I Cor. V. 7. Christ our passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let 
us keep the feast. 

III. The intititution of the Lord's Supper. Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus 
and his disciples were eating the passover, Jesus took bread and bles- 
sed it and brake it, and gave it to the disciples and said, take eat, this 
is my body. Luke xxii. 19. Which is given for you, this do in re- 
membrance of me. 

Ver. 27. And he took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to 
them saying, drink ye all of it. 

Ver. 28. For this is my blood of the Nev/ Testament, which is shed 
for the remission of sins. 

Ver. 29. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this 
fruii of the wine, until that day, when I drink it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. See the parallel places. Mark xiv. 22 to 25. 
Luke xxii. 14 to 21. 

Saint Paul's account of the Lord's su/iper is — 1 Cor. xi. 23. I have 
received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, that the 
Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed took bread, 

Ver. 24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, 
take eat, this is my body which is broken for you, this do in remem- 
brance of me. 

Ver. 25. After the same manner also he took the cup when he had 
cupped, saying, this cup is the Nev/ Testament in my blood, this do 
ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me. 

Ver. 26. For as oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do 
shew the Lord's death till he come. 

IV. Lt is to be received frequently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive 
Christians continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellows- 
ship, and in breaking of bread and prayers. 

XX. 7. On the first day of the week, when the disciples came to- 
jjether to break bread, Paul preached unto them. Ver. 1 1. 

V. Ltis to be received with suitable preparation, 1 Cor. v. 7. Purge 
out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened : 
for even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. 



Chap. XI. The Lord's Supper, 161 

1 Cor. V. 8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old 5ea- 
veh, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the 
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

X. 3. Our fathers did all eat the same spiritual meat. 

Ver. 4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink, (for they drank 
of that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.) 

1 Cor. X. 5. With many of them God was not well pleased, for 
they were overthrown in the wilderness. 

Ver. 6. These things were our examples, to the intent we should 
not lust after evil things as they lusted. 

Ver- 7. Neither be ye idolaters as some of them were. 

V'"er. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did. 

Ver. 9. Neither let us tempt Christ,'as some of them tempted. 

Ver. 10. Neither murmur, as some of them murmured. 

Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry. 

Ver. 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the com- 
munion of the blood of Christ ? the bread which we break is it not 
the communion of the body of Christ ? 

Ver. 17. For we being many are one bread, and one body, for we 
are ail partakers of that one bread. 

Ver. 20. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to 
devils and not to God, and I would not that ye should have fellowship 
with devils. 

Ver. 2 I. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of de- 
vils, ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of 
devils. 

Ver. 31. Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to 
the glory of God. 

Ver. 32. Give none offence, to Jews nor to Gentiles, nor to the 
church of God. 

xi. 27. Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 

I Cor. xi. 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of 
that bread, and drink of that cup. 

Ver. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. See 
abuses of this ordinance committed by the Corinthians reproved and 
threatened in this Chap, from ver. 17 to 23, and from ver. 30 to 32. 
See Mai. i. 7. The wicked say, the table of the Lord is contempti- 
ble. 

Portions of Scrifiture affording suitable matter of meditation^ at, de- 
fore, and after receiving the Sacrament . 

Ps. cxvi. 6, 12, 13, 14. Song ii. 3, 4. — v. 1. Isa. xxv. 6 to 10.— 
Iv. 1. Rev. xxi. 6. — xxii. 17. John iv. 14. — vi. c>5, AB,, 5 I to 63. 

N. B. The preparation required to the acceptable receiving the Lord% 
supper, are those same qualifications that are vequii-ed in accept- 
able prayer, which see at large in the chap, upon prayer. The sins 
for which men ought to be excluded from this ordinance, are the 
same sins persisted in, for which the sacred scriptures allow thac 
tiiey should be excluded from Christian fcciety, an:] declare ihit 



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Holy Ghost. 



Chap. XII. 



such shall be excluded out of the kingdom of heaven ; which see 
in the various characters of sinners, and threats against them. 
Also see, Persons that cannot enter into the kingdom of God; and, 
Persons thai shall be cast into the lake of fire. 



CHAP. XII, 



HOLY GHOST. 



I. THE Sfiirit's iiifluences iifion the material and animal creation, 

Gen. i. 2. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 

Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens. 

xxxii. 8. There is a spirit in man, an-d the inspiration of th-e Al- 
mighty giveth understanding. 

xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made me. 

xxxiv. 14. If he gather unto himself his Spirit and his breath, all 
fiesh shall perish together. 

Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created. 

Isa. xxxiv. 16. His Spirit hath gathered them, viz. the vultures to 
destroy. 

n. The Spirit*s influences ufion the ?mnds of lyiankind. Upon the 
prophets. 

Numb. xi. 25. The Spirit rested upon the seventy elders, and they 
prophesied. 

Ver. 26. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon Edad and Medad, and 
they prophesied. 

Ver. 29. Moses said, would to God, that all the Lord's people were 
prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them. 

Numb. xxiv. 2. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Balaam, and he 
took up his parable and said, kc. 

1 Sam. X,. 10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, and he pro- 
phesied. Ch. xix. 23. 

xix. 20. The Spirit of the Lord was upon the messengers of Saul, 
and they prophesied. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 2. David said, the Spirit of the Lord spake by me, 
and his word was on my tongue. 

2 Chix)n. XX. 14. Upon Jahaziel came the Spirit of the Lord, in 
the midst of the congregation. 

Neh. ix. 30. Thou testifiedst against them by thy Spirit, in the 
prophets. 

Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit, hath sent me. 

1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned. 

Ezek. ii. 2. The Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me. 
Gh. iii.24. 

iii. 12. The Spirit took me up, and I heard a voice saying, blessed 
be the glory of the Lord, Ch. xi. 24. 

Ezek. iii. 14. The Spirit took me up, and the hand of the Lord 
was strong upon me, Ch. viii. 3. — xi. 1. 



Chap. XII. Eohj GhosU 165 

Ezek. xi. 5. The Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto 
mc, speak, Sec. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 18^ 

Mic. iii. t. I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of 
judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his trans|>Tessions, and 
to Israel his sins. 

Zech. vii. 12. The words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his 
Spirit, by the former prophets. 

Matt. xxii. 43. How doth David in spiiit call him Lord, 

Luke i. 15. John shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 76. Thou John shall be called the prophet of the Highest, vii. 
28. There hath not arisen a greater prophet than John the Baptist. 

Ver. 4 1 . Elizabeth w^as filled with the Holy Ghost, and she spake. 

Ver. 67. Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and he pro- 
phesied. 

ii. 25. The Holy Ghost was upon Simeon. 

26. It was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not 
•ee death before he had seen the Lord Christ. 2 Kings ii. 9. 

Luke ii. 27. He came by the Spirit into the temple. Ver. 28. He 
took up the child (Jesus) in his arms and blessed (xod, and said, 

Ver. 29. Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according 
to thy word, 

Ver. 30. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. 

Acts. i. 16. This scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which 
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David, spake concerning Judas. 

xi. 28. Agabus signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great 
dearth, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Csesar. 

xxi. 1 1. Agabus said, thus saith the Spirit, so shiUl the Jews at Jeru-- 
saiem bind the man that owTieth this girdle. 

xxviii. 25. Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. The Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter days 
some shall depart from the faith. 

isa. ix. 8. The Holy Ghost thus signifying, that the w^ay into the 
holiest, was not yet made manifest. 

i Pet. i. 10. Of which salvation the prophets enquired and search- 
ed diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto } ou- 

Ver. 1 1 . Searching diligently what, or what manner of time the 
Spirit of Christ which w».s in them did signify when it testified be- 
forehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 

1 Pet. i. 12. Who preached the gospel with the Holy Ghost sent 
down from heaven. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, 
but holy men of God, spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

HI. The S/iira's mjiiiences upon Jems Christ ; the formation of his 
body. Matt. i. 18. Mary was found v/ith child of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 20. That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 

Luke i. 35. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee^ and the pow- 
er of the Highest shall cvershadov/ thee, therefore al-o, that holy 
thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 

IV. Endowments of his mind. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord God 
shall i'€-stupon him, ihe Spirit of wisdomand uiiderstandirig, the S^ i= 



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Chap. XIL 



rit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord, and shall make him of 
quick understanding in the fear of the Lord. Ver. 3. 

Isa. xlii. 1 . Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom 
my soul delighteth, I have put my Spirit upon him, he shall bring 
forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matt. xii. 18. 

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach glad tidings to the meek. Luke iv. 18. 

Matt. iii. 16. Jesus saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, 
and lighting upon him. Mark i. 10. Luke iii. 22. 

Luke iii. 4. Jesus waxed strong in spirit, and the grace of God was 
upon him. 

John i. 32. John bare record saying, I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

iii. 24. God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 

Actsi. 2. Jesus through the Holy Ghost had given commandment 
unto the apostles. 

Acts X. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, 
and with power. 

V. Actions of his life ; his travels. Matt. iv. 1. Then was Jesus led 
up of the Spirit into the wilderness. 

Luke iv. 15. Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit, into Ga- 
lilee. 

VL His miracles. Matt xii. 28. Jesus said, if I cast out devils by the 
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Luke 
xi. 20. 

Vn. Up.o7i his oblation, Heb. ix. 14. Christ through the eternal 
Spirit offered himself without spot unto God. 

VHL His resurrection, 1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ being put to death 
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 

IX. The Spirit^ s injluences upon the apostles^ is a witness to Christ. 
John XV. 26. The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, he shall testify of 
me. Ver. 27. 

Acts V. 32. We are his witnesses, so is also the Holy Ghost. 

Rom. i. 4. Jesus Christ declared to be the Son of God with pow- 
er according to the Spirit of holiness. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the 
Spirit. 

Heb. x. 15. The Holy Ghost is a witness unto us. 

1 John V. 6. It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit 
is truth. 

Ver. 7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, 
the Word, and the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 8. There are three that bear record on earth, the Spirit, the 
water, and the blood. 

Rev. xix. 10. The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy. 

X. The Spirit's influence upon the apostles of Christy furnishing them 
with the knoroledc^e of divine truths and utterance to express them. Luke 
xii. 12. The Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour, what ye 
ought to say. Mark, xiii, 11. 

xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your ad- 
versaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Matt. x. 19, 20. 
xxiv. 4-9. Behold I send the promise of the Father uiito you, but 



Ghap. XII. Holy Ghost, 16$ 

tarry ye in Jerusalem till ye be endowed with pover from on high. 
Acts i. 4, 5, 8. 

John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and he v/ill give you another 
Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, that he may abide with you 
Ver. 17. 

John xiv. 26. He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to 
your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you. Luke xxiv. 49. 
xvi. 7. I v/ill send the Comforter unto you. 

Ver. 13. The Spirit of truth he will guide you unto all truth, and 
will show you things to come. Ver. 14, 15. 

Ver. 26. He shall testify of me, and ye shall also bear witness. 
Ver. 27. 

Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. 
Ver. 14. Peter said, this is that which was spoken of by the pro- 
phet Joel. Joel ii. 28. 

Ver. 33. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, hath shed 
forth this which ye now see and hear. 

iv. 8. Peter filled with the Holy Ghost said, give ear. 
Ver. 3 1 . They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake 
the word of God with boldness. 

vi. 10. They were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit, by 
which Stephen spake. 

vii. 5 5. Stephen full of the Holy Ghost looked up unto heaven, and 
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. 
viii. 29. The Spirit said to Philip, go near and join this chariot. 
X. 19. The Spirit said to Peter, behold three men seek thee. 
Ver. 20. Go with them, for I have sent them. Ch. xi. 12. 
xiii. 2. As they ministered unto the Lord and fasted, the Holy 
Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work of the mi- 
nistry whereunto I have appointed them. 

Ver. 4. They being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed into 
Seleucia. 

Acts xiii. 9. Saul filled with the Holy Ghost said, O full of all sub= 
tilty, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind. 

Ver. 52. The apostles were filled with joy, and with the Holy 
Ghost. 

XV. 28. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon 
you no greater burthen than these necessary things. 

xvi. 6. They v/ere forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word 
in Asia. 

Ver. 7, They assayed to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit suifered 
them not. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost fell on them, and they spake with tongues 
and prophesied. 

XX. 22. Paul said, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem. 
Ver. 23. The Holy Ghost witnesseth iu every city, saying, that 
bonds and aiSictions abide me. 

Ver. 28. Take heed to yourselves and to al! the fiock over which 
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers. 

xxi. 4, Certain disciples said to Paul through the Spirit, that he 
should not go up to Jerusalem. 



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1 Cor. ii. 4. Paul said, my speech and my preaching was not with 
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit 
and of power. 

Ver. 5. That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, 
but in the power of God. 

Ver. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered 
into the heart of man, the things that God hath prepared for them 
that love him. Isa. Ixiv. 8. 

Ver. 10. But (iod hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. 

Ver. 12. We have received the Spirit which is of God, that we 
might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 

Ver. 13. Which things we speak, not in words which man's wis- 
dom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. 

vii. 40. I think also that I have the Spirit of God. 

2 Cor. iii. 6. God hath made us able ministers of the New Testa- 
ment, not of the letter, but of the spirit, for the letter kilieth, but 
the spirit giveth life. 

Ver. 8. Ministration of the Spirit is glorious. 

vi. 4, Approving ourselves as the ministers of God by the Holy 
Ghost, by love unfeigned. Ver. 6. 

Gal. i. 1 1. The gospel which was preached of me, is not after man. 

Ver. 12. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, 
but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 16. It pleased God to reveal his Son in me, that I should 
preach him among the heathen. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and 
prophets, an habitation of God through the Spirit. Ver. 22. 

iii. 4. The mystery of the knowledge of Christ, is now revealed 
unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 

Ver. 8. Unto me is this grace given, that I should preach among 
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Ver. 7. 

1 Tliess. i. 5. Our word came in power, and in the Holy Ghost. 

1 Pet. i. 12. Those who have preached the gospel unto you, with 
the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. Ch. iv. 11. 

Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. 

ii. 7. Hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, viz. Ver. 1 1, 
17, 29. Ch. iii. 6.— xiii. 22. 

xiv. 13, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, yea, saith the 
Spirit. 

xvii. 3. He carried me away in the Spirit. 

xxii. 1-7. The Spirit and the bride say come. 

XL Hence the follo^^iiig character is given of the Holy Scrifitures^ 
%vritten by the firofihefs and apostles. 2 Tim. iii. 15. The holy scrip- 
tures are able to make wise unto salvation, through faith in Christ 
Jesus. 

Ver. 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is pro- 
iitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and instruction in righ- 
teousness. 

Ver. 17. That the man of God maybe perfect, thoroughly fur- 
nished unto all good works. Rom. xv. 4. The scriptures were writ- 
ten for our learning. 

2 Pet. i. 2 1 . Holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghcst. 



Chap. XIL Jdoly Ghost. 167 

Heb. i. 1. God who at sundry times, and in divers manners spake 
unto the fathers by the prophets, 

Ver. 2. Hath in these last days spoken by his Son unto us, whom 
he hath appointed heir of all things. 

X!I. Miraculous gifts cf the Sfiirit, ufion the afiostlea^ and some jiri- 

miti'oe Christians, 

Acts ij. 4. They were ail filled with the Holy Ghost and began to 

speak with tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Ver. 8, 1 1, 17. 

X. 44. While Peter spake, the Holy Ghost fell on all that heard. 

Ver. 45. On the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the 

Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 47. Peter said, can any man forbid water, that these should 
not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost. 

Ki. 15. The Holy Ghost fell on them, (the Gentiles) as on us. 
Ver. !6. Then remembered they the word of the Lord, ye shall 
be baptized with the Holy Ghost ? 

Ver. 17. God gave them, (the Gentiles) the like gift, as he did 
Mnto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 24. Barnabas was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost 
and of faith. 

XV. 8. God which knoweth the hearts, bear them witness, giving 
them the Holy Ghost, even as tmto us. 

xix. 6. They spake with tongues and prophesied. 
Rom. XV. 18. I will not dare to speak of those things, which 
Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by 
word and deed. 

Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of 
the Spirit of God. 

1 Cor. xii. 4. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 
Ver. 7. The manifestation of the Spirit, is given to every man to 
profit withal. 

Ver. 8. To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to ano- 
ther the word of knowledge. 

Ver. 9. To another faith, to another the gifts of healing. 
Ver. 10. To another the working of miracles, to another prophe- 
sy, to another the discerning of spirits, to anotlier diverse kinds of 
tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. Ver. 30. 

Ver. 1 1 . But all these worketh that one and the self same Spirit, 
iilividing severally to every man as he will. 

1 Cor. xiv. 2. In the Spirit he speaketh mysteries. 
Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing them witness both with signs and 
wonders, and with diverse miracles and gifts, of the Holy Ghost- 
Concerning the gifts of tongues. See 1 Cor. xiii. 8. — xiv. 2, 5, 6, 
18,22,23,39. 

Xin. The influences of the S/iirit upon the ?ni7ids of Christians in 

general^ in their sanctif cation. 
Gen. vi. 5. God said, my Spirit shall not sJways strive with man. 
Neh. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them. 
Ps. ii. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. 
Ver. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. 
cxiiii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me. 



168 Haly Ghost. Chap. XIL 

Prov. i. 53. I will pour out my Spirit unto you and make known 
my words unto you. 

Isa. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, 
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, then judgment shall dwell in 
the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 

xiiv. 3. I will pour Avater upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon 
the dry ground, I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my bles- 
sing upon thine offspring. 

Isa. lix. 21. This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord, mr 
Spirit thzLt is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy 
mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy 
ti^eed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed. 

Ixiii. 11. Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him ? 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will put a new Spirit within you. Ch. xxxvi. 26. 

xxxvi. 27. I v/ill put my Spirit within you, and cause you to Avalk 
in ray statutes. Ch. xxxvii. 14. 

xxxix. 29a I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, saith 
ths Lord. 

Mic>ii. 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened ? 

Hag. ii. 5. My Spirit remaineth among you, fear not. 

Zee. iv. 6. Thus saith the word of the Lord, not by might, nor by 
power, but hy my Spirit, saith the Lord, shall ye prevail. 

xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication. 

Matt, iii, 1 1. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 

John iii. 5. Except a man be born of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

Ver. 6. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is 
born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

Ver. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, thou hearestthe sound 
thereof^ but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so 
is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

vii. 39. This spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on 
him should receive. 

xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of sin, and of judgment. 

Acts v, 32. The Holy Ghost, God hath given to them that obey 

vi. 3. Look ye out men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost 
and of wisdom. 

Yer. 8. They chose Stephen, a man full of the Holy Ghost. 

ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the 
HTomfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 

Rom. v. 5. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the 
Iloly Ghost which is given unto us. 

viii. 1. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, 
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

Ver. 2. The law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath mad« 
me free from the law of sin and death. 

Ver. 5. They. that are after the Spirit do mmd the things of the 
Spirit. 

Ver. 9, Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be, that 



Chap. XII. Hohj GhosU 169 

the Spirit of God dwell in you, now if any man have not the Spirit 
of Christ he is none of his. 

Rom. viii. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead, dwell in you, he that raised up Jesus from the dead, shall also 
quicken your mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

Ver. 13. If ye through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of th& 
body, ye shall live. 

Ver. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are ths 
sons of God. 

Ver. 15. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry 
Abba Father. 

Ver. 16. The Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 
the children of God. 

Ver. 23. We who have the first fruits of the Spirit, do groan 
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of 
the body. 

Ver. 26. We know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit 
helpeth our infirmities. 

xiv. 1 7. The kingdom of God, is not meat and drink, but righte- 
ousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

XV. 13. Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 16. That the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable? 
being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy 
Ghost, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? 

vi. 11. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified, in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 

Ver. 19. Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy 
Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God. 

xii. 3. No man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accur- 
sed, and no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

xiv. 15.1 will pray with the spirit, I will sing with the spirit. 

2 Cor. i. 22. God hath sealed us, and given the earnest of thv?. 
Spirit in our hearts. 

iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the 
living God, in fleshly tables of the heart. 

Ver. 17. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 

Ver. 18. We are changed from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of 
the Lord. 

iv. 13. We having the Spirit of faith, believe. 

V. 5. God hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 

xii. 18. Walked we not in the same Spirit. 

xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with yoii all. Amen. 

Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by 
the hearing of faith. 

iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are ye m.ade perfect in the ilesh I 

Ver. 14. That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through 
fuith. 

iv, 6. Crod hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, 
crying Abba Father. 



iro Holy Ghost, Chap. XIl/ 

Gal. iv. 29. He that was bom after the flesh, persecuted him that 
was born after the Spirit. 

V. 5. We through the Spirit do wait for the hope of righteousness 
through faith. 

Ver. 16. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the 
flesh. 

Ver. 17. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against 
the flesh, these are contrary. 

Ver. 18. If ye be led by the Spirit ye are not under the law. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suff'ering, 
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Ver. 23. 

V. 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 

vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life 
everlasting. 

Eph. i. 13. Ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise. 

Ver. 16. Making mention of you in our prayers. 

Ver. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the 
knowledge of him. 

Ver. 18. The eyes of your understanding being opened. Sec. 

ii. 18. We have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 

Ver. 22. Ye are built up an habitation of God through the Spirit. 

iii. 16. God grant you to be strengthened with might, by his Spi- 
rit, in the inner man. 

iv. 3. Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

Ver. 4. There is one body and one Spirit. 

Ver. 30. The holy Spirit wherewith ye are sealed. 

V. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness and 
truth. 

Ver. 18. Be filled with the Spirit. 

vi. 17. Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 

Ver. 18. Praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. 

Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn to my salvation, through 
your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 1. If there be any fellowship of the Spirit, be ye like minded. 

iii. 3. We are the circumcision which worship God in the Spirit., 
which rejoice in Christ Jesus, 8cc. 

Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your love in the Spirit. 

1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the word with joy of the Holy Ghost. 
iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy Spirit. 

v. 9. Quench not the Spirit. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, through sanc- 
tification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, in v/ord, in 
conversation, in charity, in Spirit, in faith, in purity. 

1 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of love, 
and of a sound mind. 

Ver. 14. That good thing committed to thee, keep by the Holy 
Ghost. 



Chap. XII. Holif Ghost, Ifi 

Tit. iii. 5. God according to his mercy saved us, by the washing 
of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. iii. 7. The Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye will hear his voice 
harden not your hearts. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the fore-knowledge of God the Fa^ 
ther, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprink-^ 
ling of the blood of Jesus. 

Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, 
through the Spirit unto the unfeigned love of the, brethren, see that 
ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 

iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel preached unto them that ar@ 
dead, that they might live according to God in the Spirit. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. 

i John ii. 20. Ye have an unction from the holy one, and ye know 
all things. 

iii. 24. We know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit v^^hich|he hath 
given u^ 

iv. 2. Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in 
the flesh, is of God. 

Ver. 6. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of er- 
ror. 

i John iv. 13. Hereby know v/e, that v/e dwell in him, and he in 
us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 

Jude 20. Ye beloved, building yourselves up in your mcst holy 
faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 

Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say come. 

XIV. The Sfiirifs irifluences uiion governors-) ?nir:g:r.:raies end ivat- 
riors. 

Gen. xli. 38. Pharaoh said, can vre find such a man as this, in 
whom the Spirit of God is. 

Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Moses, I wdll take of the Spl-- 
rit which is upon thee, and I will put it upon the elders, and they 
shall bear the burthen of the people Vvdth thee. 

xxvii. 18. ThejLord said unto Moses, take thee Joshua, a man in 
whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him. 

Ver. 21. At his word shall they go out, and at his word shall they 
come in, even all the congregation. 

xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit of wisdom, and the children 
of Israel hearkened unto him. 

Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord cam-C upon Othniel, and he 
judged and went out to vv^ar. 

Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon. Ch. xi. 29. Upon Jephtha. Ch. xiii, 
25.— xiv. 6, 19. — XV. 14. Upon Sampson. 1 Sam. x. 6. — xi. 6. Up- 
on Saul. Ch. xvi. 13. Upon David. I Chron. xi. 18. Upon Amasai, 

That the Spirit directed in making the high priest's vestments. 
See Exod. xxviii. 3. — xxxi. 10. In making the altar, and other 
things pertaining to God's external worship among the Jews. See 
Exod. xxxi. from ver. 1 to ver. 12. 

XV. The Spirit fircceedeth from the Father arid the Son, or is given 

and sent by them. 
Matt. iii. 11. He (Christ) shall babtizc you with the Holy Gho^t, 
JMark i. 8. Luke iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i. 5. 

Y 



1"2 Holy Ghost. Char. XII. 

Luke xi. 13. How much more shall your heavenly Father give 
the Holy Spirit. 

xxiv. 49. I send the promise of the Father unto you. 

John xiv. 16. The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. 

XV. 26. When the Comforter is come, whom I will sent unto you 
from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father. 

xvi. 7. I will send him unto you. 

Ver. 8. He shall reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, 
and of judgment. 

Ver. 13. He will guide you into all truth, and shall shew you 
thngs to come. 

Acts i. 4. The promise of the Father. Ch. ii. 33. 

V. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey 
him. 

Gal. iii. 4. The promise of the Spirit. Eph. i. 13. The Spirit of 
promise. 

iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his 
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Hither may be referred all those places in the foregoing chapter^ nvhere 
God is refiresented as /iro?7iisi7ig, sending and giving the holy Spirit. 

XVI. Sins against the Spirit reproved and punished, from which the 
contrary duties are easily known. Isa. xxx. I. Wo to rebellious chil- 
dren, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me, and that cover 
with a covering, but not of my Spirit. 

Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit, therefore he 
was turned to be their enemy. 

Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest 
they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts 
sent in his Spirit by the former prophets, therefore came a great 
wrath from the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. xii. 31. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be for- 
given unto men'. 1 John v. 16, 17. 

Ver. 32. Whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not 
be forgiven unto him. 

Acts V. 3. Peter said, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto 
the Holy Ghost, thou hast not lied unto men but unto God. 

Ver. 9. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit 
of the Lord. 

vii. 51. Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist 
the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye. 

Eph. iv. 30. (brieve not the lioiy Spirit of God. 

1 Thess. V. 19. Quench not the Spirit. 

Heb. vi. 4. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, 
and have tasted of the heaveiny gin. and were made partakers of the 
Floly Ghost, and have tasted (>f tlie good word of God, and the 
powers of the world to come., if t.iiey falia way, to renew them again 
to repentance. 



Chap. XIII. The Trinity. 173 

Heb. X. 28. He that despised Moses's law, died without mercy. 

Ver. 29. Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought wor- 
thy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath count- 
ed the blood of the covenant wherewith be was sanctified an unholy 
thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace. 

Jude, ver. 19. Sensual, having not the Spirit. See Simon Magus 
his sin. Acts viii. 19, 20. 



C H A P. XIII. 
OF THE TRINITY, 

THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON, 
AND TO THE HOLY GHOST. 

I. THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God, 
Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God. 

The Son is, Col. i. 17. Before all things. 

Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. 

Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the ending. 

Ver. 1 7. The first and the last. 

The Spirit is, Heb.ix. 14. The eternal Spirit. 

II. The Father omnifiresent. Jer. xxiii. 24. Do not I fill heaven 
and earth, saith the Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I fiee from thy presence. 
The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of man which is in heaven. 
Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in all. 
The Spirit, Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit. 

III. God's knowledge. 1 Sam. ii. 3. The Lord is a God of know- 
ledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

Acts XV. 18. Known unto God are all his works. 

I Kings viii. 39. Thou only knov/est the hearts of all the children 
of men. 

Jer. xi. 20. O Lord of hosts that triest the reins. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father. 

The Son's knowledre. Matt. xi. 27, Neither knoweth any man the 
Father, save the Son. 

John ii. 24. lie knew all men-— he knevv what was in man. 

Actsi. 24. They prayed and said, thou Lord, vrhich knowest the 
hearts of all men. 

Rev. ii. 23, 1 am he which searchetb the reins and heart. Ch. v. 6, 
■ The Spirit's knowledge. \ Cor. ii, 10. The Spirit searcheth all things, 
yea the deep things of God. 

Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth no man/but the Spirit of 
God. 

IV. Theivudom of God. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart;, and mighty 
in strength. 

Dan. ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his. 

Rev. vii. 12, Blessing, and g'lory, and wisdom, be unto our God. 



ir4 The Tr'mity. Chap. XIII. 

The Sg?i*s Kui&dovK Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the treasures of 
wisdom and Unowled^^e. 

Rev. V. 12. Woilliy is the Lamb to receive power, and riches, and 
wisdom. Sec. 

The Spirit's "iiisdovu Isa. xi. 2. He is the Spirit of wisdom. 

Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom. 

Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and revelation. 

V. The Povjer of God, Ps. Ixii. 1 1. Power belongeth unto God. 
Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. 
Christ s flower, Isa. ix. 6, His name, the mighty God. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ the power of God. See, the power of Christ. 

The S/iirit*s power. Rom. xv. 13. Abomid in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 19. Thi^ough mighty signs and wonders by the power of the 
Spirit of God. 

VI. Goodness cf Gcd. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. The Lord is good. 
Christ, Acts x. 38. He went about doing good. 

Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. 

VII. IVorks of God, — Creation, Isa. xl. 28. The Creator of the 
ends of the earth. 

Gen. i. 27. God created man. 

Works of Christ. John i. 3. All things were made by him. 

Col. i. 16. By him were all things created that are in heaven and 
that are in earth. 

IVorks of the Spirit, Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made 
me. 

Ps. civ. 50. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created. 

VIII. God sendeth teachers to his church. Jer. vii. 25. I have sent 
Tunto you my servants the prophets. Ch. xxv. 3, 4. — xxvi. 5. — xxix. 
1 9 .-^xxxy. 14,15 .^-xliv. 4. 

Matt, ix, 38. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will send 
forth labourers into his harvest. See Acts ix. 15, 17. Gal. i. 15. 
Eph. iv, 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14. 

Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5. These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
saying, Go, preach, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, 
cast out devils, &c. , 

Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have appeared unto thee, to make 
thee a minister. I send thee to open their eyes, to turn them from 
darkness to light, &c. See Ch. xxiL 14, 21. 

1 Cor, i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to preach the gospel, 

2 Cor. V. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ. 

The Holy Ghost sendeth ihcvi, Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and 
Ills Spirit hath sent me. 

Acts xiii. 2. The Koly Ghost said, separate me Barnabas rdid Saul 
for the work v/hereunto I have called them. 

\qv. 4. They being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed into 
Selucia. 

XX. 28. Paul said, take heed unto yourselves, and to all the iicck, 
over the which the Holy Ghcst hath made you overseers— Or bishops, 
-?.s in liie original, 



Chap. XIII. Hie Trinity^ 175- 

IX. Teachers receive their knovA edge from God, John vi. 45. They 
shall be ail taught of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. xxxi. 34. 

Phil. iii. 15. God shall reveal this unto you. 

From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was I taught it but by the reve« 
lation of Jesus Christ. 

From the S/iirit, Luke ii. 26. It was revealed unto him by the 
Holy Ghost. 

John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things. 

X. God spake by those ivho were sent. Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the 
Fathers by the prophets. 

Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye seek a proof of Christ 
speaking in me. 

Holy Ghost spake by the7n. Mark xiii. 11. It is not ye that speak, 
but the Holy Ghost. 

XI. God is in his people^ as his temfile. Acts vii. 48. The most 
High dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Ch. xvii. 24. 

1 Cor. iii. 1 6. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God ? Ver. 17, 

2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the temple of the living God : God hath said, 
I will dwell in them and live in them. 

Christ is in them, 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ is in you of a truth. 

Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts. 

The Holy Ghost is in them* John xiv. 1 7. The Spirit of truth dwell- 
eth with you, and shall be in you. 

Rom. viii. xL His Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. 

iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost, and 
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. 

XII. God sanctifieth his people, Jude 1. To them that are sanctified 
of God the Father. 

Christ sanct'ifieth, Heb. ii, 11. He that sanctifieth and they that are 
sanctified are all of one, wherefore he is not ashamed to call them 
brethren. 

The Spirit sanctifieth. Rom. xv. 16. Being sanctified by the Holy 
Ghost. 

XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God 
-*vhich leadeth thee by the v,'ay thou shouldest go. 

Christ leadeth. John y.* iii. He calleth his own sheep by name, and 
leadeth them. 

The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by the Spirit 
of God, they are the sons of God. 

XIV. God ia andgiveth life. Deut. xxx. 20. The Lord thy God he 
is thy life. 

Christ is life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear. 

John V. 12. He that hath the Son hath life. 

Gal. ii. 20. Christ liveth in me. 

The Spirit is life. Rom. viii. 10, the Spirit is life. 

XV. God raiseth the dead, John v. 21. The Father raiseth up the 
dead and quickeneth them. 

Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 2 Cor. i. 9. 
Christ rai::eth the dead. John v. 21. The Soa quickeneth whom he 
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John X. 18. I have power to lay down my life, and power to take 
it agyin. 

ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his body. Ver. 21.) and in three 
cb.ys I will raise it up. 

Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up.- Persons raised by Christ, 

Mtre Lazarus. John xi. 32. — xii. 1. 

A dauf^-liter. Matt. ix. 25. A widow's son. Luke vii. 11. 

The Sfiirit rai&eth the dead. 1. Pet. iii. 18. Jesus Christ quickened 
bv the Spirit. 

John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickcneth. 
/ .X VL , The Sen and Sfiirit joined with the Father i?i luorshifi. Matt. 
?.xviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the nairc of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

::.' Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, £rtd the cominanion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. 



C H A P. XIV. 

PUTiES TOWAJ^D GOD ENFORCED BY THREATS 
AND PROMISES. 

KNOWLEDGE. 

I. TO 'H&'?^ Gcd and Christ commanded^ witJi itsfritlts. Deut. iv. 39. 
Know ts:': coi^sider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven 
i-bove, and upcn the earth beneath, there is none else. 

i Chron. X7.viii. 9. Know thou the God of thy father, and serve 
i'^\n with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. Be sail and know that I am God. Ps. c. 3. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he under- 
i'tandelh, and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise lov^ 
ing kindness and judgment, and righteousness in the earth. 

Kos. vi. 6. I desired the knowledge of God, more than burnt of- 
I'erings. 

2 Pel. i. 8. Neither be ye barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge 
o" our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

\l. Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some profess to know God, but in 
v.urks deny him. See 2 Pet. ii. 1. 

IIL Prayers for them, that know God^ and firomises to them. Ps. 
xxxvi. 10. Continue thy loving kindness to them that know thee. 

xci. 14. I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 

Dan. xi. 32. The people that know God, shall be strong and do 
exploits. 

John xvii. 3. This is life eternal to know thee, the only living and 
true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 1 John ii. 13. 

IV. God will be known by his fieo/ile. Ps. xlviii. 3. God is known 
in the palaces of Zion for a refuge. 

Ixxvi. 1. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel. 

Isa. xix. 21. The Lord shall be known to Egypt, the Egyptians 
.siiall know the Lord, and do sacrifice to him. 

iiv. 13, All thy children shall be taught of the Lord. 



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Is. Ix. 2. Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness thc- 
people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shail be seen 
upon thee. 

Ver. 3. The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the 
brightness of thy rising. Isa. xlii. 7, 16. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an heart to know me, that I am th? 
Lord, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 

xxxi. 33. I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in 
their hearts, 

Ver. 34. And they shall all knovr^ me from the least even to the 
greatest. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee to me, in righteousness and in 
judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies, and in faithfulness, 
and thou shalt know the Lord. 

vi. 2. Then shall we know, if we follow on to knov\^ the Lord. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, 
as the -waters cover the sea. Isa. xi. 9. 

Mai. i. 1 1. From the rising of the sun to the going dovv'n of the 
same, my name shall be great amcnc; the Gentiles, and in every 
place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oPTerinf^- 

God'^s made knQ%vn by his ^vorks. Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known 
by the judgments he executeth. 

xix. 1, The heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament 
sheweth his handy work. 

Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night shew- 
eth knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of God, fi-om ths 
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things 
that he hath made, even his eternal power and God-head. 

Ps. Iviii. 1 1. Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 

c. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 

2 Cor. i. 21. He which stablisheth us v/ith you in Christ, and hath 
anointed us is God. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 

V. Christ called light^ as a teacher sent io g^ive (he true knowlcd-^c oj 
God, 

Luke ii. 82, A light to lighten the Gentiles. 

John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. Vci\ 
7, 8. Matt. iv. 16. 

Ver. 9. The true light that lighteth every man, that cometh into 
the world. 

viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the world, he that folio wetk 
,me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

ix. 5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 

X. 14. I know my sheep, and am known oi mine. 

xii. 46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believ- 
eth on me should not abide in darkness. Ver. 35, 35. 

Acts xiii. 47. I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, thatthoii 
shouldst be for salvation to the ends of the earth. 

VI. Duties of the enUghteyied, "jsho knovj God. Acts xvi. 30. Tijc 
times of ignorance God winked at, but novf commanucili all men 
every where to repent. 



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Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armour of light. 

Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly as m the day, not in rioting and 
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness. 

1 Thess. V. 5. Ye are all the children of the light and of the day, 
wc are not of the night nor of darkness. 

Ver. 6. Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch 
and be sober. 

Ver. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breast- 
plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath cal- 
led you out of darkness, to his marvellous light. 

VIL Wicked knoiv not God. Exod. v. 2. Pharaoh said, who is the 
Lord ? that I should obey his voice. I know not the Lord, neithet 
will I let Israel go. Job xxi. 15. 

Ps. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge. 

Ixxix. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known 
thee. 

Ixxxii. 5. They know not, neither will they understand, they walk 
on in darkness. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not knovv', my people doth not consider. 

Ver. 7. Your country is desolate, your city is burnt Vv-ithfire. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish, they have not known me ; they 
are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 

Ver. 27. The whole land shall be desolate. 

V. 4. They are foolish, they know not the way of the Lord, nor 
the judgments of their God. Ver. 5. 

ix. 3. They proceed from evil to evil and know not me, saith th^ 
Lord. 

Ver. II. I will make Jerusalem heaps. 

Hos. iv. I. The Lord hath a controversy wuth the inhabitants of 
the land, because there is no truth nor inercy, nor knowledge of 
God in the land. 

V. 4. The spirit of whoredoms is in them, they have not known 
the Lord. 

John viii. 19. Jesus said to the Pharisees, ye neither know me nor 
my Father. Ver. 55. 

xvi. 3. Jesus said unto his disciples, these things will they do unt» 
you, because they have not known the Father nor me. 

xvii. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not kno^\Ti thee. 

Rom. i. 27. They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, 
wherefore God gave them up to a reprobate mind. Ps. x. 4. 

1 Cor, XV. 34. Some (professed Christians) have not the knowledge 
of God. 

1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God. 

FAITH. 

VIII. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe in the Lord your 
God, so shall ye be established. 

Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant 
whom I have chosen, that ye may know and believe me, that I am 
the Lord. 



Chap. XIV. Faith. 179 

Mark xi. 22. Jesus said, have faith in God. John xii. 44. 

Heb. vi. 1 . Let us go on toward perfection, not laying again the 
foundation of repentance, and of faith toward God. 

xi. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that 
Cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of 
them that diligently seek him. 

Jam. ii. 19. Thou believest there is one God ; thou dost well. 

I Pet. i. 21. That your faith and hope might be in God. 

Ps. cxix. 66. I have believed thy commandments. 

IX. Faith in Christ. John vi. 29. Jesus said, this is the work of 
God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God's commandment that we should be- 
lieve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. 

John xii. 36. Believe in the light that ye may be the children of 
light. 
. xiv. i. Jesus said, ye believe in God, believe also in me. 
XX. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, be not faithless but believing. 

X. Faith in Christy brief summaries thereof. John ix. 25. Dost thou 
believe in the Son of God. Ver. 38. 

xi. 27. I believe that thou art Christ the Son of God, that should 
come into the world. 

xvi. 30. We believe that thou earnest forth from God. 

xvii. 6. Jesus said, I have manifested thy name unto the men 
which thou gavest me out of the world. 

Ver. 8. And they have believed that thou didst send me. Ver. 21. 

Acts viii. 37. Philip said to the eunuch, if thou believest with all 
thine heart, thou mayest be baptized ; and he answered and said, I 
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

Ver 38. And Philip baptized him. 

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall 
also live with him. 

X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 
feelieve in thine heart, that God raised him from the dead thou shalt 
be saved. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even 
so, them also that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

XI. Confessing Christ ; firoT-nises. Matt. x. 32. Whosoever shall 
confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father, which i§ 
in heaven. 

Rom. X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, 
and shalt believe in thine heart, that God raised him from the dead, 
thou shalt be saved. 

Ver. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and 
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

1 John i V. 1 5 , Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, 
God dvs'-elleth in him and he in him. 

Rev.ii. 13. Thou boldest fast my name. Ch.iii. 8, 

XII. Benijing Christ ; threats. Matt x. 33. Whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in 
heaven. 

Luke xii. 9. He that denieth me before men, shall be denied before 
the ans:els of (k)d. Z 



186 Faitlu Chap. XIV. 

2 Tim.ii. 12. If we deny him, he also will deny lis. 

2 Pet. ii. 1 . False teachers shall brmg in damnable heresies, even 
denying the Lord that bought them. 

1 John ii. 22. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the 
Christ? He is Antichrist that denieth the Father, and the Son. 

I John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the 
Father. 

Jude ver. 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God into lascivious- 
ness, denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. See 
Acts iii. 14. Matt. xxvi. 70. 

XIIL The certainty and assurance of faith. Luke i. 1. Many have 
taken in hand to set forth a declaration of those things which are 
most surely believed among us. 

Ver. 4. It seemed good to me also, that thou mightest know the 
certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed. 

John iv. 22. We have heard ourselves, and know that this is in- 
deed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

vi. 69. We believe and are sure that thou art Christ the Son of 
the living God. 

xvi. 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, by this we 
believe that thou camest forth from God. Ver. 31. 

xvii. 8. Jesus said, they have known surely that I came out from 
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. Ch. xvi. 27. 

Acts i. 36. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God 
hath made that same Jesus, both Lord and Christ. 

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the 
world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof 
he hath given assurance unto ail men, in that he hath raised him from, 
the dead. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 
pf faith. 

xi. I. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of 
things: not seen. See Col. ii. 2. I Thess. i. 5. 2 Tim. iii. 14. 1 John 
iii. 19. 

Of being strongs stedfast^ and persevering in faith. Rom. iv. 9. 
Abraham being not weak in faith. 

Ver. 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, 
but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 

Ver. 21. Being fully persuaded, that what God had promised he 
was able to perform. 

Ver. 22. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness, 

1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like 
men, be strong. 

2 Cor. V. 7. W^e walk by fLUcb^ not by sip;ht. 

iv. 18. We look not at the things which are seen and are tempo- 
ral, but at the things wiiich are not seen, and are eternal. Heb. xi. 27, 
Moses endured as seeing hiro v/ho is iiivisii)le. 

xiii. 5. Examine ) oiu'selves whcthc" \z be i-i rhe faith, prove your 
.own selves. 

Gal. ii. 20. The life wiiich I now live in the flesh, I live by faith 
of the Soil of God- 



Chap. XIV. Faith. 181 

Eph. iii. 17.1 pray that Christ may dwell in your hearts, by faith. 

vi. 16. Take the shield of faith, whereby ye may be able to quench 
all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

Phil. i. 27. Stand fast in one Spirit, with one mind, strivin g toge- 
ther for the faith of the gospel. 

Col. i. 23. Continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and be no.t 
moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard. 

ii. 5. I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the sted- 
fastness of your faith in Christ. 

Ver. 6. As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in 
him. 

Ver. 7. Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as 
ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal 
life. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast 
heard in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 1 have 
kept the faith. 

Ver. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous- 
ness. 

Tit. i. 13. Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the 
faith. 

Heb. X. 23. Hold fast the profession of your faith, without waver- 
ing. 

James i. 3. The trying of your faith worketh patience. 1 Pet. 1.7. 

1 Pet. V. 8. Your adversary the devil, walketh about, seeking whom 
he may devour. 

Ver. 9. Whom resist, stedfast in the faith. 

2 Pet. iii. 7. Beware lest ye fall from your stedfastness. 

1 John v. 4. This is the victory that overcometh the world, even 
your faith. See John viii. 31. Compare with Rom. x. 8. See also, 
Acts xiv. 22. Eph. vi. 10. 2 Tim. ii. 1. 1 John ii. 14. Rev. ii. 13.— 
xiii. 8. See Heb. chap. xi. throughout. 

XIV. Gi'aces and duties-^ accompanying true faith ^ or marks and evi" 
dences of true faith. 

Exod. iv. 31. The people believed and worshipped. 

xiv, 31. The people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord. 

Ps. cvi. 12. The vv^aters covered their enemies, then believed they 
his words, they sung his praise. 

cxvi. 10. I believed, therefore have I spoken. 2 Cor. iv. 13. Ps. 
xxvii. 13. 

Jonah iii. 5. The people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed 
a fast. 

Acts XV. 9. God purifying the hearts of the Gentiles by faith. 

xvi. 34. The keeper of the prison rejoiced, believing in God, with 
all his house. 

XX. 21. Paul testified both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, 
repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

xxiv. 24. When Felix heard Paul concerning the faith. 



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Chap. XIV. 



Acts xxiv. 35. Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and 
judgment to come. 

1 Cor. xiii. 2. Though I have all faith, so that I could remove 
mountains, and have not charity I am nothing. 

Ver. 13. NoAV abidcth faith, hope, charity, but the greatest of these 
is charity. 

2 Cor. viii. 7. As ye abound in faith, in utterance, in knov/ledge, 
and in all diligence, and in your love to us ; see that ye abound in 
this grace also of liberality. 

Gal. V. 6. Faith worketh by love. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, 
gentleness, goodness, faith. 

Ver. 23. Meekness, temperance. 

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love 
to all the saints, I cease not to give -thanks for you. Coi. i. 4. 

iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that 
ye being rooted and grounded in love. Sec. 

1 Thess. i. 23. We give thanks to God, remembering your work 
of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Ver. 7. Ye were examples to all them that believe in Macedonia 
and Achaia. 

V. 8. Let us who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast- 
plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. 
-. 2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you bre- 
thren, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity 
of every one of you towards each other aboundeth. 

ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of 
the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure 
heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 

Ver. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, was exceeding abun- 
dant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 15. Continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. 

iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith, in a pure conscience. 

iv. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversa- 
tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of sound v/ords, in faith and love, 
vvhich is in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 22. Follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that 
"call on the Lord, out of a pure heart. 

. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, pur- 
pose, faith, long suffering, charily, patience. 

Ver. 14. Continue in the things thou hast learned. 

Ver. 17. Be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works. 

Tit. i. 1. The faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgment of the 
truth which is after godliness. 

ii. I. Speak thou the things that become sound doctrine. 

Ver. 2. That the aged men may be sober, grave, temperate, sound 
in the faith, in charity and in patience. 

iii. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I vail that thou 



Chap. XIV. Faith. 183 

affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God, might be 
careful to maintain good works. Ver. 14. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, who through faith and pa- 
tience inherit the promises. 

James ii. 14. What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say 
he have faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? 

Ver. 17. Faith if it hath not v/orks is dead, being alone. 

Ver. 20. Know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead. 

Ver, 26. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without 
works is dead also. See ver. 22, 24. 

2 Pet. i. 5, 6, 7. Add to your faith, virtue, knowledge, temper- 
ance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God'scommandment, that we should believe 
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another. 

Jude 20. Ye, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy 
faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 21. Keep yonrselves in the love of God, looking for the 
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to eternal life. 

Rev. ii. 19. I know thy works, and charity, and service and faith, 
and thy patience, and thy works, and the last to be more than the 
first. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the saints. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and 
the faith of Jesus. 

XV. The author^ or cause and means of faith* God the author and 
sufireme cause of faith. 

Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said to Jesus, thou art Christ, the Son of the 
living God. 

Ver. 17. Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Si- 
mon Barjonah, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but 
my Father which is in heaven. 

John i. 13. They that believed on his name were born not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. I John 
iv., 14,, 15.-~v, I. 

Acts xiii. 48. As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. 

xiv. 27. God opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 

Rom. xii. 3. Think soberly, as God hath dealt to every man, the 
measure of faith. 

1 Cor. ii. 5. Your faith should not stand but in the power of God. 
Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved through faith, and that not of 

yourselves, it is the gift of God. 

Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given on the behalf of Christ, not only 
to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salvation through sancti- 
fication of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. Sec 1 Tim.i. 14. 

XVI. God being the author of faith, he is firayed to and tharikedfor 
faith, as his gift. Rom. xv. 3. The God of hope, fill you with all joy 
A'nd peace in believing. 

Eph.i. 15. After 1 heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ 
and love to all the saints, I cease not to give thanks for you, making 
mention of you in my prayers. Col. i. 3, 4. Philexn. ver. 5. 

Eph. vi. 23, Peace be to the brethren and love with iaith, from God 
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 



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1S4 Faith. Chap. XIV. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to God always for you, remem- 
bering your work of faith and labour of iove. Col. ii. 13. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, 
because your faith groweth exceedingly. 

Ver. 1 1 . We pray always for you that our God would count you 
worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, 
and the work of faith with power. 

XVIT. Christ the author of faith, Luke xvii. 5. The apostles said, 
Lord increase our fdth. 

1 Tim. i. 13. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, was exceeding 
abundant with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

Ileb. xii. 1. Let us run with patience, the race set before us, look- 
ing to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. 

1 Pet. i. 21. Ye by him do believe in God, who raised him from 
-the dead. 

2 Pet. i. 1. To them that have obtained like precious faith with 
us, throu;i:h the righteousness of God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
See Eph.vi. 23. 2 Thess. i. 12. 

The Holy Gho^t the author of faith, 1 Cor. xii. 8. To one is given 
by the Spirit, the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge. 

Ver. 9. To another faith, by the same Spirit. 

2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the same Spirit of faith, we also believe. 

Gal. V. 22,. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffer- 
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. 

XVIIL Subordinate mean of faith ^ is God^s ivord. John xx. 31. 
These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the 
Sop of God. Rom. i. 16. 1 John v. 3. Rev. i. 19. 

XlX. J gosfiel ministry the means of faith. John. i. 7. John came 
for a witness that all men might believe. Acts xix. 4. 

xvii. 20, Jesus said, I pray not for those alone which thou gavest 
me out of the world, but for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word. 

xis. 3 5. He that saw bare record, that ye rui^ght believe. 

A :':•:. ii. 41. At hearing Peter's sermon, were added to the church 
kaou: three thousand souls. 

iv, 4. Many that heard the word believed. 

viii. )2. They believed Philip preaching the things concerning thv- 
kingdom of Gcd and the name of the Lord Jesus. Ver. 13. 

Acts xi. 21. The hand of the Lord was with the apostles, and a 
great number believed. 

xlv. 1 . Paul and Barnabas so spake that a great number believed. 

XV, 7. Paul said, God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by 
my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 

xvii. 2. Paul reasoned out of the scriptures, &c. 

Ver. 4. And seme of the Jews believed, of the devout Greeks a 
great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. 

Ver. 34. Certain men ciave to Paul, and believed. See Acts xviii. 
4, 8, 27, 28. — ^xix. 9. 

xxvi. 17. Jesus said to Paul, I send thee to the Gentiles to open 
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the 
power of Satan unto God. 



Chap. XIV. Faith. 13 J 

Acts. xxvi. 18. That they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an 
inheritance among* them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

Rom. i. 5. By whom we have received grace and apostleship? for 
obedience to the faith. 

X. 8. The word is nigh thee, the word of faith which we preach. 

Ver. 14. How shall they call upon him on whom they have not be- 
lieved ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not 
heard ? and how shall they hear without a preacher ? 

Ver. 15. And how shall they preach except they be sent? 

Ver. 17. So faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of 
God. 

xvi. 25, 26. The mystery which was kept secret, is now made 
known to all nations for the obedience of faith. 

1 Cor. i 2 1 . It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save 
them that believe. 

iii. 5. Who is Paul or Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, 
even as the Lord gave to every man. 

Ver. 6. I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the in- 
crease. Ver. 7. 

XV. 2. I have delivered unto you the gospel by which ye are sav- 
ed, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have 
believed in vain. 

Ver. 1 1 . So we preach, and so ye believed. 

2 Cor. i. 14. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are 
helpers of your joy. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are all built upon the foundation of the apostles 
snd prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. 

iv. 11. Christ gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some 
evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. 

Ver. 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the mi- 
nistry, for the edifyin-g of the body of Christ. 

Ver. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of this 
knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man. 

Phil. i. 25. I shall continue with you for your furtherance and joy 
of faith. 

ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, 
I joy and rejoice with you all. 

1 Thess. ii. 3. We sent Timotheus to establish and comfort you, 
concerning your faith. 

Ver. 10. Praying that we might see your face, and perfect thai 
which is lacking in your faith. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who 
have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto 
you. 

THE GOSPEL CALLSD FAITH, AND THE LAViT 02 FAlTa. 

Rom. iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the lav/ of faith. 

X. 8. The word of faith which we preach. 

Gai. i, 23. Pitul preached the failli which once he destroy ed. 



186 Faith. Chap. XVI. 

Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by 
the hearing- of faith ? Ver. 5. 

Ver. 23. Before faith came we were shut up unto the faith that 
should afterward be revealed. Ver. 25. See 1 Tim. i. 4. — v. 8. Judc 
ver. 3. Rev. ii. 13. 

XX. Promises to faith^ justijication to believing in Gody promised. 
Gen. XV. 6. Abram believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him 
for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3, 9. Gal. iii. 6. Jam. ii. 23. 

John V. 24. Jesus said, he that heareth my words and believeth on 
him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into con- 
demnation, but is passed from death unto life. See Luke i. 45. 

XXL Justijication to believing in Christ firomised. Acts xiii. 39. By 
him all that believe are justified from all things, from which they 
could not be justified by the lav/ of Moses. 

Rom. iii. 21. The righteousness of God (i. e. justification) with- 
out the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the pro- 
J)hets. 

Ver. 22. Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of 
Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all that believe. 

Ver. 25. Jesus Christ hath God set forth, to be a propitiation 
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remis- 
sion of sins. 

Ver. 26. To declare his rig^hteousness, that he might be just, and 
the justifier ef them that believe in Jesus. 

Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith 
without the deeds of the law. 

Ver. 30. God shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the un- 
circumcision through faith. 

Rom. iv. 5. He that worketh not but believeth on him that justi- 
fieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness, or 
justification, . 

V. 1. Being justified by faith we have peace with God through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

X. 4. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness (or justifica- 
tion) to every one that believeth. 

xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. i. 24. 

Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be 
grafted in. 

Ver. 26. And so all Israel shall be saved. Ver. SO, 31, 32. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by 
the faith of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 21. If righteousness came by the law, then is Christ dead in 
vain. 

iii. 8. The scripture foreseeing that God would justify the heathen, 
throikgh faith preached before the gospel to Abram, saying, in thee 
shall all nations be blessed. Gen. xii. 3. 

Ver. 9. So they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abra- 
ham. 

Ver. H. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of 
God is evident, for the just shall live bv faith. Hub. ii. 4. Rom.i. 17. 
Heb.;:c. 38. 



€hap. XIV. Faith. 187 

Gal. in.. 1 2 . And the law is not of faith, but the man that doth these 
things shall live in them. 

Ver. 22. The scripture hath concluded a.Jl under sin, that the pro* 
mise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 

Ver. 24. The law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that 
we might be justified by faith. 

v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness (or 
justification) through faith. 

Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor 
uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love. 

Phil. iii. 8. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the 
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the 
loss of all things, and count them but dung that I may win Christ. 

Ver. 9. And be found in him not having mine own righteousness 
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, 
the righteousness which is of God by faith. 

Ver. 10. That I might know him and the power of his resurrec- 
tion, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to 
his death. 

XXII. ^do/ition, or being the sens of God, ^iromised. John i. 12. To 
as many as received Christ, to them gave he pov/er to become the 
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. 

Gal. iiiT 26. Ye are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ. 
Rom. viii. 17. 

XXII I. God^s love promised to believers m Christ. John xvi. 27. 
The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have 
believed that I came out from God. 

XXIV. Christ firayeth for believers. John xvii. 20. Neither pray 
I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through 
their word. 

XXV. The sins of believers pardoned. Acts x. 42. Whosoever be» 
iieveth on me shall receive the remission of sins. Ch. xiii. 38. 

Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth to be a propitiation through 
faith in his blood, to declare his righteousnes for the remission of sins. 

XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to beliex^ers. John vii 38. Jesus said, 
he that beleiveth on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
waters. 

Ver. 39< This spake he of the Spirit which they that believe on 
liim should receive. 

Gal. iii. IS. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, 
Ver. 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gen- 
tiles, through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the 
Spirit through faith. 

XXVII. They have light and direction, John xii. 36. Believe m 
the light (that is, in Christ. Ch. i. 9.— viii. 12.— ix. 5.) 

Ver. 46. I am come a light into the worl4, that whosoever believ- 
eth on me shall not abide in darkness. 

XXVIII. They have grace and peace, 2 Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that 
have obtained like precious faith with us^ ^-ace siRd peace be multi- 
plied, Rom. V. K A a 



188 



Faith 



Chap. XIV. 



XXIX. They have joy and comfort, John xiv. I. Let not your hearU 
be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me. 

1 Cor. XV. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in 
believing. 

1 Pet. i. 8. In whom (Christ) believing ye rejoice with joy un- 
speakable and full of glory. 

1 John y. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the wit- 
ness in himself. 

John viii. 56. Abraham saw Christ's day and was glad. 

XXX. Christ is precious to them. 2 Thess. i. 10. He shall come 
to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe. 

\ Pet. ii. 1. To them that believe he is precious. 

XXXI. They have access to God in prayer. Eph. iii. I 2. In Christ 
,we have boldness, and access with confidence by the faith of him. 

XXXII. Sanctijication by faith. Acts xv. 9. God purifying their 
hearts by faith. 

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheritance among them that 
are sanctified by faith in me. 

XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. Dan. vi. 23. No manner of 
hurt was found upon Daniel, (in the lion's den) because he believed 
in his God. 

XXX I V. Salvation to Christians by faith in Christ, Isa. xxviii. 16. 
Thus saith the Lord God, behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a 
stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a »ure foundation, he 
that believeth shall not m.ake haste. Rom. ix. 33. — x. 11. He that 
believeth shall not be asham.ed. 1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth shall 
not be confounded. 

Mark, xvi 15. Jesus said, preach the gospel : 

Ver. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved, he that 
believeth not shall be damned. 

. John iii. 1 4. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up. 

Ver. 15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 
have eternal life. 

Ver. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

Ver. 17. God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the 
world, but that the world through him might be saved. 

Ver. 18. He that believeth is not condemned, he that believeth not 
is condemned already, becaiise he hath not believed in the name of 
the only begotten Son of God. 

Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, and he 
that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 
. vi. 35. Jesus said, he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

Ver. 40. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one thai 
seeth the Son and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I 
■vyill raise him up at the las; day* 

Ver. 47. He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

xi. 25. Pie that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall 
he live. 



Chap. XIV. Faith. 189 

John xi. 26. Whosoever liveth and beileveth in me shall never die* 
or shall not die for ever. 

XX. 31. These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the 
Christ the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through 
his name. 

Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the Jailor, believe in the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. 

xxvi. 18. Thai they might receive an inheritance among them 
that are sanctified by faith iniTie. 

Rom. X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 
and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, 
thou shalt be saved. 

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved through faith. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen us to salvation, through sanctifi- 
cation of the Spirit and belief of tlie truth. 

1 Tim. i. 1 6. I Paul obtained mercy, that in me Jesus Christ might 
shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should 
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 

vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life. 

2 Tim. iii. 15. The scriptures are able to make thee wise unto 
salvatfon through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I 
have kept the faith. 

Ver. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous- 
ness whicjj the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day, 
and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing. 

Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do enter into rest. 

vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who through faith and patience 
inherit the promises. 

X. 39. We are not of them that draw back who perdition, but of 
them who believe to the saving of the soul. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God throUgh faith unto 
salvation. 

Ver. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 

1 John V. 13. These things have I written unto you that believe 
on the name of the Son of God, that ye might know that ye have 
eternal life. 

XXXV. Tilings extraordinary firomlsed to the faith of some primi- 
tive Christians. Matt. xxi. 2 1 . If ye have faith as a grain of mustard 
seed, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this that is done to the fig- 
tree, but also if' ye shall say to this mountain be thou removed, and 
be thou c^st into the sea, it shall be done. Luke xvii. 26. 

Ver. 2^. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, beliey- 
ing, ye shall receive. Mark xi. 24. 

Mark xvi. 17. These signs shall foliov/ them that believe ; in my 
name shall they cast out devils, they shall speak v/ith new tongues. 

Ver. 18. They shall take up serpents, and if they shall drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they shall lay hands on the sick 
and they shall recover. 

John xiv. 12. He that belie veth on me, the works that I do shad! 
he do also. 



190 InjideUty. Chaf. XIV. 

XXXVI. Theic iiTomhea were fulfilled in the following instances* 
Acts ii. 4. The disciples of Christ spake with new tongues, 
iii. 2 to 8, and xiv. 10. They cured the lame, 
xvi. 18. They cast out unclean spirits. Ch. v. 16. — vii. 8. 
xix. 11, 12. They healed the sick. Ch. xxv. 8. 
ix. 36, 37, 40. They raised the dead. Ch. xx. 12. 
V. 5, 10. Lying hypocrites die at their rebuke- 
xxviii. 3, 5. Paul shakes a viper off his hand, and is not hurt by it. 
xiij. 1 1 . Enemies of the faith are struck with blindness. 
. ix. 12, ir, 18. They restore sight to the blind. 

viii. 15, 17. The Holy Ghost is given at laying on of their hands. 
V. 12. They do great miracles, signs and wonders. Ch. \i. 8. — 
XV. 12. 2 Cor. xii. 12. 

Viii. 6. The people gave the more heed to them and embraced 
the faith, Ch. v. 4. 

XXXVII. Instances of miracles -wrought for persons of eminent faith. 
Matt. viii. 8, 10, 13. Luke vii. 9. At the Centurion's faith bis ser- 
vant is healed. 

ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored to sight. Mark x. 52. 
Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy cured. Matt. ix. 2, 6, 7. 
V. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue. 

ix. 20, 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of a child at the faith of the 
child's father. 

V. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the synagogue, his daughter 
who had been dead is restored to life. * 

Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed. 

John v. 50. At a nobleman^s faith his son is healed of a fever, 
xi. 40 to 46. At Martha's faith her brother Lazarus is restored to 
life. 

Acts iii. 16. By the faith of a lame man he is healed by Peter, 
xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb healed by Paul. 
XXXVIII. Other instances of afifiroved faith. In Abraham. Gen. 
XV. 6. Compared with John viii. 56. Rom. iv. 18, 2<V The virgin 
Mary. Luke i. 45. The woman who washed Christ's feet with tears. 
Luke vii. 37 to 50. The disciples. John ii. 22. The Samaritans. 
John iv. 39. The Jews. John viii. 31. — xi. 45. A man born blindc 
John ix. 35, 3§. The chief rulers. John xii. 1 1, 42. Those given to 
Christ. John xvii. 8. About five thousand. Acts iv. 4, 32. Many 
priests. Acts vi. 7. Stephen. Acts vi. 8. The eunuch. Acts viii. 13. 
They of the circumcision. Acts x. 45. A great number. Acts xi. 
21.— xiv. 1, 25. Many at Lystra, Greeks and devout women. Acts 
xvii. 4. Crispus the ruler of the synagogue. Acts xviii. 8. Ver. 27. 
Many in Achaia. Acts xix. 18. Many thousands of Jews. Acts xxi. 
20. Ver. 25. The Gentiles. Some among all nations. Rom. i. 5, 16. 
, &c, &c. 

INFIDELITY. 

XXXIX. V/snt of faith reproved. ;Matt. vi. 30. Jesus said, if God 
so cloath. the grass of X'uit field, will he not much more cloath you, 
O ye of little faifl... 



Chap, XIV. Infidelitij, 191 

Mark xvi. 14. Jesus upbraided the disciples with their unbelief 
and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen 
him after he was risen. — Christ upbraided the disciples afraid upon 
sea, with their want of faith. Matt. viii. 26. Peter upon sea. Matt. 
xiv. 31 — The disciples solicitous about bread. Matt. xvi. 8, 9, 10. 
The disciples at their not being able to cast out a devil. Matt. xvii. 
i7, 19, 20. ^ 

Matt. xiii. 58. Jesus did not many miracles there because of their 
unbelief. Mark vi. 5, 6. 

XL. Exhortations against unbelief. John xx. 27. Jesus said to 
Thomas, be not faithless but believing. 

Heb. iii- 12. Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart 
of unbelief. 

iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into that rest, that remaineth to the 
people of God, lest any man fall after the same example of unbe- 
lief. 

XLL Threatnings against unbelief . Unbelief tov^ards God; threats. 
Numb. xiv. 1 1 . The Lord said, how long shall this people provoke 
me ? How long shall it be ere they believe me, for all the signs I 
have shewed among them ? 

V~cr. 12.1 will scatter them with the pestilence and disinherit them. 
Ver. 37, 38. Heb. iii. 17, 18.— iv. 6. Jude ver. 5. 

XX. 12. The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye be- 
lieved me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, 
therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I 
have given them. 

Deut. i. 32. Moses said, ye did not believe the Lord your God. 
Ver. 34. And the Lord was wroth and sware saying, 
Ver. oS. Surely there shall not one of these men, of this evil gen- 
eration, -see that good land which I sware to give unto their fathers. 
Heb. iiL 19 — iv. 6. 

2 Kings xvii. 14, 18, 20. Because they .«iid not believe, the Lord 
rejected the seed of Israel. 

Jsa. vii. 9. If ye wilLnot beliere, ye shall not be established, 
liii. 9. Who hath believed our report. See Ps. Isxviii. 21, 22, 32, 53. 
—cvi. 24, 26, 29. 

XLII. Unbelief tonvard Christ ; threats;. Matt. x^i. 31. Jesus said, 
verily I say unto you, the publicans and harlots enter into the king- 
dom of heaven before ycu. 

Ver. 32. For ye believed not John Baptist, but the publicans and 
harlots believed him. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not shall be damned. 
Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked servant will appoint him his 
portion with unbelievers. 

John iii. 18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because 
he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

Ver, 36. He that beiiei^eth not the Son, ^all not see life, but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 1 John v. 10. 

- viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 
Ver. 48. He that rejecteth me and rereiveth not my Ttords, hatTi 



192 Infidelity. Chap. XIV. 

one that jutigeth him, the word that I have spoken, the same shall 
jud^e him in the last day. 

Rom. ix. 31. Israel hath not attained to the law of ri^^hteousness. 
Ver. 32. Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the 
works of the law. 

xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews were broken off. 

xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth 
not of faith, for whatsoever is not of faith, is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 10. They received not the love of the truth, that they 
might be saved. 

Ver. 1 1. For this cause God shall send them strong delusion that 
they might believe a lie. 

V'er. 12. That they all might be damned who believed not the 
tru^h, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own, he hath denied the faith. 

1 Tim. V. 1 1. They have begun to wax wanton against Christ. 

Ver. 12. Having damnation because they have cast off their first 
faith. 

Tit. i. 15. To them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing 
pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 

Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them, 
but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with 
faith in them that heard it. 

Heb. X. 38. The just shall live by faith, but if any man draw back 
my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 

Ver. 39. We are not of them that draw back to perdition, but of 
them who believe to the saving of the soul. 

xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not with them that believed not. 

1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the 
Father. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and 
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all 
liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and 
brimstone, which is the second death. See Isa. Ixvi. 24. 

XLHI. The following causes of unbelief are assignedin scripture by 
Christy and his alio sties. Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away the word 
out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 

John V. 44. How can ye believe which receive honour one of ano* 
ihcr, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ? 

Ver. 46. Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for 
he wrote of me. 

Ver. 47. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe 
my Avords ? 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15. 

John viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 

X. 26. Ye believe me not because ye are not of my sheep. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Because the God of this world hath blinded their minds. 
1 Tim. iv. 4. Giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of 

devils. 

vi. 10. The love of money. Ver. 20, 21. Professing science, false- 
ly so called. — Hence is applied to unbelievers the prophecy of Isa. 
vi. 9. Compared with John xii. 40, 41. Acts xxviii. 26, 27. 



Chap. XIV. Forgetting God. 193 

LOOKING TO GOD. 

XLIV. Look to God. Ps. xxxiv. 5. They looked unto Gcd and 
were lightened. Ps. v. 3. — cxxiii. 2. 

Isa. xvii. 7. At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes 
shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Ch. viii. 17. 

xlv. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth, 
for I am God, and there is none else. 

Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of 
my salvation, my God will hear me. See Isa. xxxiii. 14. 

REMEMBERING GOD. 

XLV. Remembering God. Neh.iv. 14. Remember the Lord which 
is great and terrible. Ps. xx. 7. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I am afraid. 

Ps. xlii. 6. My God, my soul is cast down in me, therefore will I 
remember thee. Ps. xx. 7. — Ixxvii. 10, 

Ixiii. 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and 
my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips. 

Ver. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on 
thee in the night watches. 

Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. The desire of our soul is to thee, and to the remem- 
brance of thy name. 

Jonah ii. 7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the 
Lord, and my prayer came unto thee, even unto thine holy temple. 
See Zech. x. 9. 

jYot remembering God. Isa. Ivii. 1 1. Of whom hast thou been afraid 
that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me ? nor laid it to thy 
heart? Ch. ii. 12, 13. Judg. viii. 34. Ps. Ixxviii. 42. 

FORGETTING GOD. 

XLVI. Forgetting God. Ps. cvi. 21. Israel forgat God their Saviour 
which had done great things in Egypt for them. 

Jer. ii. 32. My people have forgotten me days without number. 
Ch. xiii. 25 — xviii. 5. 

iii. 21. They have perverted their way, and have forgotten the 
Lord their God. 

Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou hast gained of thy neighbour by extortion, 
and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord. Ver. 14. Jer. xxiv. 27. 

XLVII. Threatenings against those that forget God. Deut. xxxii. 
18. Of the rock'that begat thee, thou art unmindful, and hast forgot- 
ten God that formed thee. 

Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. See to ver. 26. 

Judge iii. 7. The children of Israel forgat the Lord. 

Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, ^c. 

1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord their God, and he sold them 
into the hand of their enemies. 

Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the na- 
tions that forget God. Job viii. ll^ 12, 13. 



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Meditation, 



Chap. XIV. 



Ps. 1. 21. These things thou hast done and I kept silence, but I 
will reprove thee, saith the Lord. 

Vcr. 22. Consider this ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, 
iind there be none to deliver. 

Isa. xvii. 10. Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy Salvation, 
and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shaft 
thou plant pleasant plants, &c. 

Ver. 1 1. But the harvest shall be an heap in the day of desperate 
sorrow. 

Ezek. xxiii. 35. Thou hast forgotten me, therefore bear thy lewd- 
ness. 

Hos, viii. 14. Israel hath forgotten his Maker. I will send a fire up- 
on his cities. 

XLVIII. Warnings against forgetting God, Dcut. vi. 12. Beware 
lest thou forget the Lord thy God. 

Deut. viii. 11. Beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God, in not 
keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes. 

Ver. 12. Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built 
goodly houses, and hast dwelt therein ; 

Ver. 13. And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy 
silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; 

Ver. 14. That then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the 
Lord thy God. See to ver. 20. 

Ps. xiiv. 17. All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten 
thee. 

Ver. 20, If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched 
out our hands to a strange God, shall not God search out this ? 

MEDITATION. 



XLIX. Meditation ufion God and his word. A good man meditotes 
upon God's law day and night. Ps. xlix. 3. — cxix. 97. — Jos. i. 8. 

Job xxii. 22. Lay up his words in thine heart. 

Ps. i. 2. A good man meditates upon God's law day and night. 

xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always before me. 

xl. 8- O my God, thy law is within my heart. Ps. xxxvii. 31 — 
cxix. 11. 

Ixiii. 5. My soul shall be satisfied — 

Ver. 6. When I meditate on thee in the night watches. Ps. civ. 34. 

Ixii. 12. I will meditate on all thy works, and talk of thy doing. 
Ps. cxliii. 5. 

Ps. cxix. 15. I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect to 
thy ways. Ver. 78. 

Ver. 23. Thy servant did meditate on thy statutes. Ver. 48. 

Ver. 99. Thy testimonies are my meditation. . 

Ver. 148. Mine eyes prevented the night watches, that I might 
riieditate in thy word. 

Tim. iv. \5, Meditate upon these thing^s. 



Chap. XIV. Fraring God. ni 

FEARING GOD. 

L. Feai^ due untoG-od, Exod. xv. 11. \Vho is like unto thee, O 
Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. 

• Ps. Ixxvi. 7. Thou even thou art to be feared, and who may stand 
when thou art angry. Ver. 11. 

Ixxxix. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints. 

xevi. 4. The Lord is to be feared above all Gods. 

Jer. X. 7. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations. 

Rev. XV. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, 
for thou only art holy. 

LI. The excellency of fearing God. Job xxviii. 28. The fear of the 
Lord that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding. 

Ps. cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom- 
Prov. ix. 10. Prov. xv. 33, It is the instruction of wisdom; 

• Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge - 
Ps. xix. 9. It is clean enduring for ever. 

LIL It is a commanded duty. Deut. vi. 24. The Lord bur God 
commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for 
our good always. 

2 Kings xvii. 36. The Lord, him shall ye fear. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. xvi. 30. Fear before him all the earth. Ps. xcvi. 9. 

Ps. xxii. 23. Fear him all the seed of Israel* 

xxxiii. 8. Let all the earth fear the Lord. Ps. xxxiv. 9. 

Prov. xxiii. 17. Be thou in the fear of the Lord, all the day lotig, 

xxiv. 21. Fear the Lord and the king. 1 Pet. ii. 17. 

Isa. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord God of hosts, and let him be your 
fear, and let him be your dread. 

Jer. V. 22. Will ye not fear me, saith the Lord ? will ye not trem- 
ble at my presence ? Vcr. 24. 

Mai. i. 6. If I be a master where is my fear ? saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Matt. X. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy both soul and body in 
hell. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God and give glory to him. 

LIIL God is to be feared on account of his perfections. Job xiii. 1 io 
Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? 

XXV. 2. Dominion and fear are with him. 

xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent in power and judgment, and 
in plenty of justice. 

Ver. 24. Men do therefore fear him. 

Ps. cxxx. 4. There is forgivenes* with thee that thou mayest be 
feared. Rev. xv. 4. 

LIV. God is to dr feared on account of his words and vjorks. Deut. 
iv. 10. I v/ill make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear 
me all the days that they shall live upon the earth. 1 Kings vili. 40, 
43. 2 Chron. vi. 30, 33. 

Jos. iv. 23. The Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan ar> 
he did the P.ed sea, that all people of the earth might know the hand 
of the Lord that it io mi^nity, thatye mi'^hi fear the Lord your God 
for ever, 

Bb 



196 Fearing God. Chap. XVI. 

Eccl. iii. 14. What God cloth shall be for ever, nothing can be put 
to it, nor any thing taken from it, and God doth it, that men may 
fear before him. See Jer. xxxiii. 9. Rev. xiv. 7. Isa. Ixv. 8. 

Exam/lies. Instances. Exod. xiv. 31. 1 Sam. xii., 18. 

LV. The fear of the Lord is promised and prayed for, Ps. xxxvi. 
1 1. Unite my heart to fear thy name. 

Isa. lix. 1 1. They shall fear the Lord from the west, and his glory 
from the rising of the sun. See Ch. xxix. 23. Prov. ii. 5. Jer. xxxiii. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they 
may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children. 

Ver. 40. I will put my fear into their hearts, and they shall not 
depart from me. 

Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord 
shall rest upon him. 

L VI. Thejear of God joined with obedience toward God» Deut. vi. 2. 
fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments. 

Ver. 3. That it may be well with thee. 

Ver. 13. Thou shait fear the Lord thy God and serve him. 

X. 12. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the 
I^ord thy God, to walk in all his ways and to love him, and to serve; 
the Lord thy. God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

Ver. 20. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, 
and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 

xiii. 4. Ye shull walk after the Lord your God, and fear him and 
keep his commandments and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him 
and cleave unto him. 

Jos. xxiv. 14. Nov/ therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sin- 
cerity and in truth. 

1 Sam. xii. 24. Fear the Lord and serve him with all your heart. 

Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is 
the whole duty of man. 

LVIL Joined with the worship of God, Ps. ii. 11. Serv« the Lord 
with fear. 

v. 7^ In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 

xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord praise him. 

cxxxv. 20. Ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 

Acts x.'2. Cornelius feared God, and prayed to God alway. 

Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence, and godly fear. 

LVIil. It is a motive to duty in general toward God arid luan^ and a 
restraint fvijiii sin. 

Gen. xxii. 12. God said to Abraham, thou fearest God, seeing thou 
hast not vvith-heid thy son, thine only son, from me. 

xlii. IB. .Toseph said, this do, and live, for I fear God. 

Exod. i. 17. The midwives leured God, and did not do as the king 
of Egypt commanded them. 

ix. 20. He that feared God among the servants of Pharaoh, made 
his cattle and servants go into the houses. 

XX. 20. That his fear may be before vour faces, that ye sin not. 

Lev. xix. 14. Thou lihalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling- 
block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God. \^er. 32. 

Deut. xiii. IK' All Israel shall hear sind fear the Lord, and do no 
more such wickedness, as this ani0i:g you. Cii. xiv. 23.-r-xvii. 13, 
19. — ^xix. 20. — xxi. ai. — xx}d. 12. 13. 



Chap. XIV. Tearinp- God, 197 



Job i. 1. Job feared God, and eschewed evil. Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3, 
Prov. iii. 7. The fear of the Lord is to depart from. evil, 
viii. 13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Ch. xiv. 16. 
xvi. 6. By the fear of the Lord, men depart from evil. 
2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the 
flesh and Spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Ver. 11. 
Eph. V. 2 1 . Submitting yourselves to one another in the fear of God- 
Phil. ii. 12. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 
Heb. xi. 7. Noah moved v/ith fear, prepared an ark. 

1 Pet. i. 7. Pass the time of your sojourning here, in fear, 
iii. 2. Your chaste conversation, coupled with fear. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants obey your masters, not with eye-service but 
singleness of heart, fearing God. Eph. vi. 5. 
Instances. Isaac, Gen. xxxi. 42, 43. 1 Kings xviii. 3, 4, 12, 13. 

2 Kings. Obadiah iv. 1. Neh. vii. 2. Hanani, Ps. xl. 3 — Iii. 6. — 
cxix. 63. See the qualifications of the civil magistrate, Command- 
ment 5th. 

LIX. Promises to them that fear God. Deut. vi. 24. The Lord com- 
manded us to fear the Lord our God, for our good always. 

2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall 
deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 

Neh. i. 1 1. Let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servants, 
who desire to fear thy name. 

Ps. XXV. 12. What man is he that feareth the L/>rd, him shall he 
teach, 

Ver. 14. The way that he shall chuse. 

xxxi. 19. How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for 
them that fear thee. 

xxxiii. 18. Behold the eye of the Lord is on them that fear him. 

xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Ver. 3. There is no v/ant to them that fear him. 

Ix. 4. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee. 

Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them that fear hirn. 

ciii. 11. As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his 
mercy toward them that fear him. 

Ver. 13. Like as a father pitietl> his children, so the Lord pitieth 
them that fear bini. 

Ver. 17. T])e niercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlast- 
ing upon them tr.at fear him. 

cxi. 5. He hdth given meat unto them that fear himx. 

cxii. 1. Blessed is the man theit feareth the Lord. 

cxv. I i . Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord, he is their help 
and shield. 

Ver. 13. The Lord will bless them that fear him. 

cxix. S8. Stabhsh thy word unto thy servant who is devoted to 
thy fear. 

cxxviii. ]. Blessed is ever-y one tliat feareth the Lord, 

"v er. 4. Thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 
. cxlv. 19. He will fuiiil the desire of them that fear iure, he will 
hear their cry and will suve tht«ii. 



J9« Fearing God. Ciia^. XIV 

Ps. cxlvii. U. The Lord taketh pleasure in Ihem that fearhim. 

Prov. X. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days. 

xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence, and his chil- 
dren shall have a place of refuge. 

Ver. 2f. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to depart from 
the snares of death, 

XV. 16. Better is a little vrith tlie fear of the Lord, thani great trea- 
l»ures and trouble therewith. 

xix. 23. The fear of the Lord tendeth to life, he that hath it shall 
abide satisfied. 

xxii. 24. By humility and the fear of Lord, are riches and honour 
and life. 

xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth alway. 

xxxi. 30. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman 
that^eareth the Lord she shall be praised. 

Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with them that fear God. 

I&a. xxxiii. 6. The fear of the Lord is his treasure. 

L 10. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, and obeyeth the 
voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light ? let 
him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 

Zeph. iii. 7. I said, surely thou wilt feai? me, so thy dwelling 
should not be cut off. 

Mai. ii. 5. My covenant was with Levi, of life and peacC) and t 
gave them to him, for the fear wherewith he feared me. 

iii. 16. They that feared the Lord, spake often one to another, 
and the Lord hearkened and heard, and a book of remembrance was 
written before him, for them that feared the Lord, and that thought 
iipon his name. 

' Ver. 17. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord, in the day that 
I make up my jewels, and I will spare them as a man spareth his 
son that serveth him. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my^ name, shall the sun of righteousness 
arise with healing under his wings. 

Luke i. 50. His mercy is on them that fear him from g^eneration 
to generation. 

Rev. xi. 18. The time is come, that thou shouldst give a reward to 
them that fear thy name. See 1 Sam. xii. 14, 18. Ps. Iii. 6.— Ixvi. 16, 
;— cxviii. 4.~-cxix. 74, 79. Eccl. vii. 18. Isa. Ix. 5. Jer. xxxii, 39, 40. 
Acts ix. 31. 

LX. Other expressions to the same effect. Trembling. Ezra ix. 4. 
They tr,embled at the word. Isa. Isvi. 2, 5. 

Ezra X. 3. They trembled at the commandment. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember, trembling taketh hold on my Sesh, 
Ps. cxix. 120. 

Ps. ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling. 

Hos. xiii. 11. W"hen:i Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted him- 
.self in Israel. 

Joel ii. 11. Let all tremble, for the day of the Lord cometh. Ver, 
10. See Ezra x. 10. Job iv. 14.— xxxvii. 1. Isa. Ixiv. 2. Dan. vi. 26. 
Jer. xxxiii. 9. Hab. iii. IQ. Acts vii. 32 — xyi. 29. — xxiv. 25. Eph= 
jyL 5, PML ii. 12, ■ ■ • ^ . ■ 



Chap. XIV. Not feariiig God, 199 

LXI. Heaven and earth tremble at God*s greatness. Job ix. 6. He 
shaketh the earth out of her place, the pillars thereof tremble. 

Job xxvi. 11. The pillars of heaven tremble, and arc astonished 
at his reproof. 

Ps. xviii. 7. The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the 
hills moved because he was wroth. See Ps. Ix. 2. — Ixxvii. 18. — xcvii* 
4. — civ. 32.-^cxiv. 7. Jer. x. 10. — li. 29. Amos viii. 8. 

Quake, Neh. i. 7. The mountains quake at him, the hills melt. 

Heb. xii. 2 1 . Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake. See Exod-. 
xviii. 9. Ezek. xii. 18. 

Terror. Job vi. 4. The terrors of God set themselves in array 
against me. 

xxxi. 23. Destruction from the Almighty was a terror to me. 

Ps. Ixxxviii. 15. While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 

Jer. xvii. 17. Be not a terror to me, for thou art my hope in the 
day of evil. Job xxxiii. 7. 

2 Cor. V. 1 1 . Knowing the terrors of the Lord we persuade men. 

Reverence. Ps. Ixxxix. 7. God is ta be had in reverence of all 
that are about him. 

Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. 

Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence. 

Ps. iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. Ps. xxxiii. 8.— cxix. 16. 

Jfraid. Deut.ix. 19. I was afraidof the anger and hot displeasufc. 

2 Sam. vi. 9. David was afraid of the Lord. See 1 Chrofi. xiii. 12. 
Job xiii. 11.—- xxi. 61.=— xxiii. 15. — xxxiii. 7. Ps. cxix. 120.— Ivi. 3. 
Hab. iU. 2. 

LXII. Threatning* against those that fear not God. Prov. i. 29, 
They hated knowledge, and did not chuse the fear of the Lord. 

Ver. 31. Therefore shall thay eat the fruit of their own way. Ver. 
25, &c. 

Eccl. viii. 13. It shall not be well with the wicked, because they 
fear not God. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy 
backsliding^ shall reprove the^ know therefore and see, that it is an 
evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and 
that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts. 

xliv. 10. They are not humbled neither have they feared, nor 
walked in my law. 

Ver. 11. Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is- 
rael, behold I will Set my face against you for evil, Sec. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, adulte- 
rers, false swearers, against those that oppress the hireling in his 
v/ages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stran- 
^;er from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. See 
2- Kings xvii. 25, 40, 41. 

NOT FEARING GOD. 

LXIII. The ivicked fear not God^ with that fear ivhich is a restraint 
from sin, and a motive to duty. 
Gen. XX. 11. Abraham said, I thought surely the fear of God is 
mit in this place, and they will slay me for my wife's sake- - 



1^00 Not fearing God. Chap. XVI. 

Exod. ix. 30. Moses suid to Pharaoh, as for thee and thy servants. 
I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God, to let Israel go. 

Dent. XXV. 18. Amalek smote Israel, and feared not God. 

Job vi. 14. The wicked forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 

Ver. 18. The paths of their way are turned aside, they iro to no- 
thini^ and perish. 

XV. 4. He casteth off fear, and rcstraineth prayei- before God. 

Ps. xxxvi. 1. The transgression of the wicked saith within my 
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 

Iv. 19. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 

Ver. 20. He hath broken his covenant. 

Ixiv. 4. Suddenly do thy shoot at the perfect, and fear not, 

Jer. iii. 8. Judah feared not, but played the harlot. 

V. 22. Fear ye not me r saith the Lord. 

Ver. 23. This people hath a revolting heart. 

V^er. 24, Neither say they in their heart, let us fear the Lord our 
God. 

Luke xviii. 5, There was a judge which feared not God, neither 
regarded man. See Jer. xxxvi. 24. Hos. x. 3. Luke xxiii. 40. Jude 
ver. 12. 

LXIV. The wicked have a tormenting fear of God, which is their 
fmnishment. 

Job XV. 2 1 . A dreadful sound is in his ears. 

Ver. 24. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. 

xviii. 11. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side. Ver. 14., 
Ch. xxiv. 17. 

Ps. ix. 20. Put them in fear, O Lord, that they may knew them- 
selves to be but men. Ps. Ixxxiii. 15. 

ixxiii. 19. They are utterly consumed with terrors. 

Prov. X. 24. The fear of the wicked shall come upon him. 

Isa. ii. 10. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear 
of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. Ver. 19. Hos. x. 8. Mic. 
vii. 17. Luke xxiii. 30. Rev. vi. 15, 16. 

Heb. X. 27, A fearful looking for pf judgment. Matt. xxv. 25. 
Ver. 31. It is a fearful thing, to fall into the hands of the living 
God. 

Isa. xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness hath 
surprised the hypocrites, w-ho among us shall dv/ell with devouring 
fire, with everlasting burnings. 

Heb. xii. 29. Our God is a consuming fire. See Isa. l.^vi. 4. 
LX\\ God delivers the wicked ufi to their feasrs of their enemies. 
Exod. XV. 6. Fear and dread shall fall upon them, by the great- 
ness of thine arm. Gen. xxxv. 5. Isa. xi>i. 17. I w4il appoint over 
you terror. Exod. xxviii. 26, 67. Ezek. xxi. 12. 

Exod. xxiii. 27. I will send my fear before thee, and. make thine 
enemies turn their backs. Deut. xi. 2 5. — ii. 25. Jos. ii. 9. 

Lev. xxvi. 16. I will appoint over you terror. Exod. xxviii. 26, 67. 
Ezek. xxi. 12. Lam. iii. 47. 

Deut. iv. 31. Hath God assayed to take a nation. Sec. by great ter- 
rors, 8cc. Cli. xxvi. 8. 

xxxii. 25. The sword and terror shall destroy. Jer. vi. 24, 25. — 
XXX. .5. 



Chap. XIV. Love to God. 201 

2 Chron. xx. 29. The fear of God was on all the kingdoms. Ps. 
xviii. 45. See Ps. xiv. 5. — xlviii. 6,— -liii. 5. Isa. xxiv. 17. Jer. xlviii. 
43 xlix. 5, 24, 29. Ezek. xxx. 13. 

LOVE TO GOD. 

LXVI. Love to God^ commanded. Deut. vi. 5. Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy might. Ch. x. 12. IMatt. xxii. 37. 

xi. 1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and 
his statutes, and his judgments. Ch. xiii. 3. 

xxx. 15. I have set before you this day life, and death, and good, 
and evil. 

Ver. 19. In that I command thee to love the Lord thy God. 
Ver. 19. 

Jos. xxii. 5. Take diligent heed, to love the Lord your God, See. 

Ps. xxxi. 23. O love the Lord all ye his saints. 

LXVII. Promises to them that lo-ve God. Exod. xx. 6.. I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, shewing mercy unto thousands of them 
that love me and keep my commandments. Deut. v. 10. 

Deut, vii. 9. Know the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, 
which keepeth covenant sind mercy v/ith them that love him and 
keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. Dan. ix. 5. 
Neh. i. 5. 

Ps. xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will 
I deliver him, and honour him. Ver. 15. 
. Ver. 16. I will shew him my salvation. 

cxix. 132. Look upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest 
to do unto them that love thy name. 

cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth them that love him. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good, to them that 
love God. 

1 Cor. ii. .9. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have en- 
tered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared, 
for them that love him. 

viii. 3. If any man love God the same is known of him. 

James ii. 5. A kingdom God hath promised to them that Iovk 
him.. See also, Deut. xi. 13, 14, 15, 22,23.— xix. 9.— xxx. 16, 19, 
20. Ps. Ixix. 36. Isa. hi. 6, 7. Jer. ii. 2, 3. Col. ii. 12. rieb. vi. 10. 
• John iv. 7, 16, 18. Jude ver. 21. 

LX\''III. Prayers for ihem that love God. Judges v. 31. Lettheni 
that iove him be as the smi, when he goeth forth in his strength. 

Ps. V. Ii. Let them that lore thy name, be joyful in thee. 

LXIX. Exhorlations to love God. Ps. xxxi. 20. O love the Lord 
;J1 ye saints. 

1 Thess. V. 8. Putting on the breast-plate of faith and love. 
1 Tim. vi. 11. O man of God, follow after righteousness, godli- 
ness, faith and iove. 

Jude xxi. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the 
raercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 

LXX. Instances cf' persons lovi?}^- Gid. Ps. xviii. 1. I will love the 
Lord my strength. 



^02 Love t9 Christ. Cha*. XIV. 

Song i. 3. The upright love thee. 1 Kings iii. 3. 

Rom. viii. 38. Neither death nor life, Sec. nor any other creature, 
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. Ver. 39. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves by love unfeigned. V^er. 6. 

Eph. i. 4. He hath chosen us in Christ that we should be holy, 
and without blame before him in love. 

1 John iv. 19. We love him because he first loved us. Ps. cxvi. 1 . 

LXXI. How lo~oe to God is firoduced in Christians. Deut. xxx. 6. 
The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy 
seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy 
soul, that thou mayest live. 2 Cor. xiii. 1 L God is the- God of love. 

LXXII. // is firayedfor as a gift from God. Eph. vi. 23. Peace be 
to the brethren and love, with faith from God the Father and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 9. I pray that your love may abound. 

1 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, 
and into the patient waiting for Christ. See Eph. iii. 14, 17. 

LXXIII. It is a fuork of the Sfiirit. Rom. v. 5. The love of God, 
is shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost. 

Gal. V. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, Sec. Col. i. 
8.2Tim. i. 7. 

V. 6. Faith worketh by love. 

LXXIV. Love to God is e-videnced by ktefiing his commandment Sy 
and loving his servants, 

Deut, xi. 13. Love the Lord your God and serve him with all your 
heart, and with all your soul. Ver. 22. Ch. xix. 9. 

xxx. 20. Love the Lord thy God, obey his voice, cleave unto him, 
for he is thy life, and the length of thy days. 

Isa. Ivi. 6. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the 
Lord, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his sei-vants, Sec. 

Ver. 7. Them will I bring to my holy mountain, Sec. 

Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love. Ver. 16. 

i. Thess. i. 3. We give thanks to God, remembering your work 
©f faith and labour of love. Sec. Heb. vi. 10, 

1 John ii. 5. Whoso keepeth God's word, in him verily is the love 
of God perfected. Ch. v. 2. 

V. 3. This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. 

2 John 6. This is the love of God, that we walk after his corn- 
man dm en t«. 

1 John iv. 20. If a man say I love God ; and hateth his brother, he 
is a liar. 

Ver. 21, For this commandment have we from him, that he wlw* 
loveth God, love his brother also. Ch. iii. 17. 

LOVE TO CHRIST. 

LXXV. Love to Christ-) enforced by firomises. Luke vii. 47. Jesus 
said, her sins which are many are forgiven, for she loved much. 

John xiv. 2 1. He thut loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, and 
1 will love him. 



Chap. XIV. Hating God. soa 

John xiv. 23. And we will come unto hitn, and make Our abode 
with him. Ch. xvi. 27. 

1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant 
with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteousness, the Lord the righteous 
Judge will give to them that love him. 

James i. 12. A crown of life, the Lord hath promised to them 
that serve him. 

LXXVL Prayers for them that love Christ. Eph. vi. 24. Grace 
be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 

LXXVIL Love to Christ enforced by threatenings. Matt. x. 37. He 
that loveth father or mother, son or daughter, more than me, is not 
worthy of m«. 

1 Cor. xvi. 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him 
be Anathema Maran-atha. 

Rev. ii. 4. I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left 
thy first love. 

LXXVIIL Enforced by the example of 9od the Father., nuho loveth 
Christ. 

Prov. viii. 30. I was daily his delight. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Mine elect in whom my soul delighteth. Matt. xii. 18, 

Matt. iii. 17. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, 
Ch. xvii. 5, 2 Pet. i. 17. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. Ch, xvii. 24. 

viii. 42, Jesus said, if God were your Father, ye would love me. 

LXXIX. Unforced by the example of the church of God, ivho lo-je 
Christ. 

Song i. 4. The upright love thee. Ver. 7. Ch. ii. 5. 

vii. 6. How pleasant art thou, O love, for delights ! See also^ 
Ch. i. 14, 15, 16. — ii. 3, 8, 9, 16, 17.— iii. 1 to 5.— iv. 1, 7, 16.— v, 
2 to 16. — vi. 1,2, 3. — vii. 10. — viii. 1, 4, 5. 

Rom. viii. ^5. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ. 

1 Pet. i. 8. Whom having not seen ye love. 

LXXX. Enforced by Christ" s love to his church. John Xv. 9. I have 
loved you, continue yc in my love. Phiiem. 5. 

Eph. V. 25. Christ loved the church and gave himself for it. 

LXXXL Obedience to Christ the evider.cs cf Ic-je to hl?n. MaU* xii. 
33. The tree is known by his fruit. 

John xiv. 15. Jesus said, if ye love me, keep my commandmentG, 

Ver. 21. H^e that hath my comraaBdments and keepcth thcTii, he 
it is that loveth me. 

Ver. 23. If a man love me, he V/ili keep my words. Ver. 24, 26. 

XV. 10. If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love. 

xxi. 15. Simon, lovest thou me? feed m.y lam-bs. Ver. 15, 

2 Cor. v. 14. The love of Christ constraineth us. 
Phil. i. 17. Some of love preach Christ. 

HATING- GOD, 

LXXXIL T;ireat:-".ing,i against the haters cf God, Exod= xx. 5. X 
am a jealous God, visitmg the iniquities of the fathers upon the chil- 
dren, ^vatathc. third and iburth generation of theni that ht.ie iv.t, 

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204 Joij in God, Chap. XIV. 

Dcut. vii. 10. God repayeth them that hate him, to their face, to 
destroy them : he will hot be slack to him that hateth him, he will 
repay him to his face. 

xxxii. 15. Jeshurun waxed fat, then he forsook God that made 
him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. 

Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. 

Ver. 22. A fire is kindled in mine anger, saith the Lord, and shall 
bm^n unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her in- 
crease, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 

Ver. 23. I will heap mischiefs upon them. 

Ver. 4 I . I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward 
them that hate me, saith God. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, them that honour me I will honour, 
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

2 Chron. xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the ungodly, and love thenrt 
that hate the Lord, therefore is wrath upon thee, from before the 
Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 21. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee. 

Rom. i. 30. Haters of God, Sec. are worthy of death. 

LXXXin. Hating Christ* John xv. 23. Jesus said, he that hateth 
me hateth my Father also. Ver. 24. See Ps. xxi. 8. — Ixviii. 1. Prov. 
viii. 36. 

DESIRING GOD, THIRSTING, &C. 

LXXXIV, Desiring God. Ps. Ixxiii. 25. Whom have I in heaven 
but thee ? and there is none upon earth whom I desire besides thee, 

Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the re- 
membrance of thee. 

Ver. 9. With my soul have I desired thee in the night, with my 
spirit within me will I seek thee early. Christ is the desire of all na- 
tions. Hag. ii. 7. 

LXXXV. Thirsting.^ longing for God, and t he things of God. Ps 
xlii. 2. My soul thirsteth for God. Ps. Ixiii. 1, 8. — cxliii. 6. 

Jxxxiv. 2. My soul longeth for the courts of the Lord. 

cxix. 20. My soul breaketh, for the longing it hath unto thy testi- 
monies at all times. 

Ver. 131. I longed after thy commandments. Ver. 54, 94. 

Ver. 174. 1 have longed for thy salvation, O Lord,' and thy law l< 
my delight. 

Promises, Ps. Ixxxi. 10, Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour vrater upon him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground. Ps. cvii. 9. Jer. xxxi. 13. 

Iv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. Rev, 
xxii. 17. ' 

Matt. V. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst aftor 
righteousness. John iv. 13, 14 — vi. 35, — vii. 37, 38. 



JOY IN GOD. 

LXXXVL Joy in God. Phil. iii. 1. Finally, hretlircn. 
the Lord. 

iv. 4. Rejoice in the Lord always. 
i Thess. V, 16. Rejoice evermore^ 



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Chap. XIV. Jqij in God, 205 

LXXXVII. Through Christ, Rom. v. 1 1. We joy in God through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 

LXXXVIII, Persons encouraged to rejoice in God, are the righte- 
ous. Ps. xxxii. 1 1. Be g-lad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous, and 
shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart. Ps. xxxiii. 1. 

Ixiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and all the up.^ 
right in heart shall glory. Ps Ixviii. 3. 

xcvii. 1 1. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the up- 
right in heart. Ver. 12. Job viii. 20, 21. 

Matt. XXV. 2 1 . Thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy 
of thy Lord. Job xxxiii. 26. 

LXXXIX. The meek, Isa. xxix. 19. The meek shall increase thei? 
joy in the Lord. Ver. 20. 

XC Those that seek God. Ps. xl. 1 6. Let those that seek thee re- 
joice and be glad in thee. 1 Chron. xvi. 10, 27. Ps. Ixx. 4. — cv. 3. 

XCL Those that trust in God, Ps. v. II. Let all those that put 
their trust in thee rejoice, let them ever shout for joy, because thou 
defendest them, let them also that love thy name, be joyful in thee. 
Ps. xxxiii. 21. 

XCIL JViose that ho/ie in God. Rom. v. 2. We rejoice in hope oC 
the glory of God. Heb. iii. 6. Rom. xii. 12. Ps. xvi. 11. 

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope, &c. 

Ver. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice. 

Luke X. 20 Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. 

XCIIL Those %vho have faith or believe. Acts xvi, 34. The jailor 
rejoiced, believing in God, with all his house. 

Rom. XV. 13. Now the God of peace fill you with aU joy, and peace 
in believing. Phil. i. 2 5. 

1 Pet. i. 8. Believing in Christ, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable 
and full of glory. Johi:^ xiv. 1 . 

XCIV. Joy promised. Ps. iv. 7. Thou hast put gladness in my 
heart more than in the time that their corn and wine increased. 

xvi. 1 1. Thgu wilt shew me the path of life, in thy presence is ful- 
ness pf joy, at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. Acts ii. 2a. 

xcii. 4. Thou hast made me glad through thy work. 

cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Isa. Ixi. 3, 10. 
Jcr, xxxi. 9, 12. Matt. v. 4. 

IJccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, v/i$donj, 
and knowledge, and joy. Ch. v. 20. — ix. 7. 

Isa. Ixv. 14. My serv^.nt shall sing for joy of heart. 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. Ch. xiv. 1. 

XCV. Thirigs rejoiced i?i are God. See the first section. In Christ, 
John viii. 5 6. Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he 
saw it, and was glad. 

XV. 11. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy miglij^ 
remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Ch. xyii. 13. 1 John 
i. 4. 

xvi. 22. I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice = 

Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, v/hich worship God in the 
Spirit, and reioice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 



206 Jotj in God. Chap. XIV. 

Rev, xix. 7 , Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to hiin, 
for the marriage of the Lamb is come. 

XCVL In the Holy Ghost. Rom. xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is 
not meat and drink, but righteousness and peacQ^ and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. Gal.v. 22. Col. i. U. 

XCVIL In God's Ivor shi/i. Ps. ii. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and 
rejoice with trembling. 

xxvii. 6. I \yill offer in his tabernacles sacrifices of joy. 

xlii. 4. I went with them to the house of God, with the voice oi 
joy and praise. Ps. Iv. H. 

xliii. 4. 1 will go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy. 

Ixiii. 5 My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips. 

Ixvi. I. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands. Ps. Ixxxi. 8. 
^-r^cviii. 4, 6. — c. 1,2. 

Ixviii. 4. Sing praises to God, and rejoice before him. Ch. Ixxxi. 1. 

Ixxxi^. 15* Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. Ver. 
16. 

cvii. 22. Declare his wqrks with rejoicing. 

cxviii. 24. This is the day God made, we will be glad and rejoice 
in it! 

cxxii. 1. I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the 
house of the Lord. 

Isa. Ivi. 7. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer. 

See instances of this joy. 1 Chr. xv. 16. 2 Chr. xxiii. 18.— xxix. 
30. Neh. xii. 48. 

XCVIIL Worshi/i of God^ fixed and carried on among God^s fieojile. 
a^ause of their joy. 1 Sam. vi. 13. The people x'ejoiced to see the 
Ark of God returning to Israel. 

2 Sam. vi. 12. David brought the Ark of God to the city of David 
with gladness. 1 Chr. xv. 25. 

1 Chr, 5^xix. 9. David and the people rejoiced, because that with 
a perfect heart the people offered willingly to the Lord the materials 
for building the house of the Lord. 2 Chr. xxiv. 10. 

2 Chr. vi. 41. At the dedication of the temple, Solomon prayed, 
saying, let thy priests O Lord, be clothed with salvation, and let thy 
saints rejoice in goodness. 1 Kings viii. 65. Ps. Ixiii. 2. 

Ezra iii. 12. At laying the foundation of the second temple, manW 
shouted aloud for joy. Ver. 13. 

vi. 12. They kept the dedication of the second temple v/ith joy.- 

2 Chr. xxix. 35 = The service of the house of the Lord was set in 
order. 

Ver. 36. And Hezekiah the king, and all the peoplp rejoiced, that 
God had prepared the people. 

2 Chron. xxx. 1, 21, 26. There was great joy in Jerusalem, at 
holding the passover by the commandment of king Hezekiah. Set? 
Ch. XV. 12, 14, 15. Ezra. vi. 22. 

Neh. viii. 9, 10, 12. The people rejoiced at hearing the law read 

Ver. 12, 27, 43, 44, They rejoiced at the dedicating of the wall of 
Jerusalem, and divine worship restored. 

XCIX. God's firesence with his fie of dc^^ a cause of joy. Zech. ii. 10. 
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for lo I come and will dweli in 



Chap. XIV. Joy m God. 207 

the midst of thee, saith the Lord. Ch. ix. 9. Ps. xvi. 8, 9, 11. — xlvi. 
4, 5. — xlviii. 2. Isa. xii. 6. Zeph. iii. 14 to 20. 

C. God's love and care for his people^ a cause of joy. Song i. 4. We 
will be glad and rejoice in tliee, we will remember thy love more 
than wine. 

Ps. XXXV. 27. Let them shout for joy and be glad, let them say 
continually the Lord be magnified, who taketh pleasure in the pros- 
perity of his servants. 

CL God's mercy a cause of joy. Ps. xxxi. 7. I will be glad and 
rejoice in thy mercy, thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast 
known my soul in adversity. Ps. li. 8, 9, 12. — Ixxxv. 6, 7. 

CII. Help, and strength from God a cause of joy, Neh. i. 10. The 
joy of the Lord is your strength. 

Ps. xvi» 8. Because the Lord is at my right hand, I shall not be- 
moved. 

Ver. 9. Therefore my heart is glad. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength, and my shield, my heart trust- 
ed in him, and I am helped, therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth. 

CIlL Salvation from God against enemies a cause of joy » 1 Sam.ii. 1. 
My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, because I rejoice in thy 
salvation. 

Ps. ix. 14. I will rejoice in thy salvation* Ps. xiii. 5. — xxxv. 9. 
cxviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the taberna- 
cles of the righteous. Ps. xxi. 1. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
CIV. God's vengeance upon his and his people's enemies^cause cfrcjoic^ 
ing. Deut. xxxii. 43. Rejoice, O ye nations with his people, for he will 
^venge the blood of his servants and will render vengeance to his ad- 
versaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 

Ps, xlviii. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah 
be glad, because of thy judgments. Ver. 97. 8. 

Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the venge- 
ance, he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. Job xxii. 19. 
CV. Rejoice in God's word. Ps. xix. 9. The statutes of the Lord 
are right, rejpicing the heart. 

cxix. 14. 1 have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much 
as in all riches. 

Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever, for 
they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ver. 77, 92, 174. 

Jer. XV. 16. Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my 
heart. 

1 John i. 4. These things I write unto you that your joy may be full. 
The word luas received with joy. Acts ii. 14, — >viii. 8. — -xiii. 48. 
1 Thess. i. 6. 

CVI. Joy in God's pi'ovidential govern7nent. 1 Chr. xvi. 31. Let the 
heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among 
the nations the Lord reigneth. 

Ps. ix. 2. I will bse glad and rejoice in thee. 
Ver. 4. Thou sattest in the throne judging right. 
Ver. 8 He will judge the world in righteousness. 
Ixvii. 4. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou shal: 
judge the people rightcousiy, and govern the nations upon earth. 



:;'08 yoy in God, Chap. XIV- 

Ps. Ixxxix. 12. Tabur and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 

Ver. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. 

xcvi. 10. Say among the heathen, the Lord reigneth, the world 
shall be stablished, that it shall not be moved ; he shall judge the 
people righteously. 

Ver. 1 1. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. 

Ver. 13. For the Lord shall judge the world with ri^teousncss, 
and the people with his truth. Ps. xcviii. 4, 9. 

Ps. xcvii. 1. The Lord rcigneth, let the earth rejoice, let the 
multitude of the isles be glad. 

Ver. 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his 
throne. 

Rev. xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent rcigneth. 

Ver. 7. Let us be glad and give honour to him. See Ps. civ. 34. 
— cvii. 42. — cxlii. 9. 

CVn. Temfioral deliverances of God's churchy a cmise of joy. See 
the deliverances of the Jews from the Egyptians. Exod. xviii. 9, 10. 
Ps. Ixvi. 6. — cv. 43.— .cvi. 5. 

Their deliverance from cajitivity, Ps. xiv. 7.— cxxvi. 3. 

CVin. Sfiiritual blessiiigs conferred on the church.^ a cause ofnpjoic- 
ing. Isa. ix. 3, They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest. 

Ver. 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given. Ch. Iv. 
4j 12. Zcch. ix. 9. See rejoicing in Christ. 

xii. 2. Tiie Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song, he is also 
become my salvation. 

Ver 5. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells 
pf salvation. Ver. 5, 6, 7. 

xxxv. 1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for 
them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. 

Ver. 2. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and 
oinging, they shull sec tlie glory of the Lord, and the excellency of 
our God. 

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee, I am thy God, 1 will strength- 
en thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteous- 
ness, th Ai shalt rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 13, 14. 

xlix. 13. Sin;^;, O heavensj and be joyful, O earth, for the Lord 
^uith comforted iiis peopl.^. 

li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion- Ver. 10, 12. 

Ver. 11. They shall obtain gladness and joy, ^cc. Ch. lii. 9, Ch. 
liv. 1 to 3. 

Ix. 15. I will make thee an eternal excellency, the joy pf many 
generations. Ver. 16, 17. 

Isa. Ixi. 3 to 1 I — Ixv. 14, 18.— Ixvi. 5, 10 to 15. 

Jer. xxxi. 13, 14. — xxxiii. 8, 9, lO.Zeph.iii. 17, 18, 20. Zech. ii. 10. 

GIX. The work of creation a caune of joy. Job xxxviii. 4, 7. When 
God laid the foundations of the earth ; the morning stars sang toge- 
ther, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. 

ex. Wordly iirosp.erity from the hand of God^ a cause of joy, Deut. 
xii. 7. Ye shall rejoice in all that yc put your hand unto, you an^ 
vour housholds, wherein the Lord ;hy God bat^i blessed ^hee. Ver. 
12, 18. 



Chai'. XIV. Comfort in God. 20^ 

Dcut. xxvi. 1 1. Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the 
Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house. 

Joel ii. 33. Be glad ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord 
your God, for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he 
will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the 
latter rain, in the first month. 

Ver. 24. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall 
overflow with wine and oil. 

Ver. 26. And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the 
name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wonderously with you. 

CXL Rejoicing in OgcI in time of nvorldhj adversity. Hah. iii. 17. 
Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the 
vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no 
meat, the flocks shall be cut off" from the fold, and there shall be no 
herd in the stall : 

Ver. 18. Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of 
my salvation. See Ps.xlvi. 1 to 5. 

COMFORT IN GOD. 

CXII. God giveth comfort and coiisolation. Job Tcr. 11. Are the? 
consolations of God small with thee ? 

Ps. xxiii. 4. Though 1 walk through the valley of the shadow of 
death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff., 
they comfort me. 

Ixxi. 20. O God thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles. 

Ver. 21. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me en 
every side. 

Ixxxvi. 17. The Lord hath holpen mc and comforted me. 

xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts 
delight my soul. 

cxix. 52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and have 
comforted myself. 

Ver. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my com- 
fort, according to thy v/ord unto thy servant. 

Ver. 82. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying when wilt thou coni- 
fort me ? 

Isa. xii. i. O Lord I will praise thee, though thcu wast angry ^Aith 
me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortctdst me. 

xl. 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 

Ver. 2. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry that her war- 
fare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; 

xlix, 13. The Lord hath comforted his people, i.iid will have mer- 
cy on his afflicted. Ch. Iii. 9. 

li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion, joy anc': [Jadness shall b^ 
ibund therein, thanksgiving and the voice of meitcly. 

Ver. 12. I, even I (suith the Lord) am he that comfortelh you ; 
who art thou, that thou shouldest bc^ afraid of a nan that shall die, 
and of the son of man th:it shall be made as grass. 

Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways and vill heal him, I v.-jll lend hiir-'j 
and restore comforts to him and to his mourner'^ 

1x1. 2. I appoint, to comfort all that n.ourn ro ^-ionc 



210 Satisfaction. Chap. XIV» 

Isa. Ixvi. 13. As one Whom his mother comfortelh, so will I com- 
fort you. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning into joy, and will com- 
fort them. 

Hos. ii. 14. I will speak comfortably unto her. 

Zech. i. 13. The Lord answered with comfortable words. 

Ver. 17. The Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose 
Jerusalem. 

Matt. V. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be com- 
forted. 

Luke xvi. 25. Lazarus is comforted in heaven. 

John xiv. 18. Jesus said, I will not leave you comfortless. 

Acts ix. 31. The churches walking in the fear of the Lord, and 
in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 

Rom. XV. 4. Whatsoever things were written aforetime were writ- 
ten for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the 
scriptures might have hope. 

Ver. 5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be 
like minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus. 

2 Cor. i. 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 

Ver. 4. Who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be 
able to comfort them that are in any trouble, by the comfort where- 
with we ourselves are comforted of God. 

Ver. 5. Our consolation aboundeth by Christ. Phil. ii. 1. I Pet. 
i. 8. 

vii. 6. God that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us^ 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even 
our Father, which hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation 
and good hope through grace. Heb.vi. 18. 

Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good 
word and work. 

Observe.^ the foregoing scriptures represent a Christianas comfort^ ns 
proceeding from God the Father^ from Christy the Holy Ghost, and 
from the holy acriptures. 

SATISFACTION. 

CXIII. God mtisfeth. Ps. xvii. 15* I will behold thy face in 
righteousness, I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. 

xxxvi. 8. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of 
thy house, and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy plea- 
sures. 

Ver. 9. For vith thee is the fountain of life. 

Ixiii. 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. 

Ver. 6. Wheu I remember thee upon my bed, and ineditate ou 
thee in the night watches. 

Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even 
rf thy holy place. 

ciii. 2, 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who satisfieth thy mouth 
with good things. 

cvii. 9. The Lord satisfieth the lonp:ine: soul, and fiUeth the hun- 
■jiTY soul Tvith. goodricss. - 



Chap. XIV. G/orymg in God. 211 

Ps. cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless lion's provision, I will sa- 
tisfy her poor with bread. 

Isa. Iv. 2, Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is 
not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not ; hearken di- 
ligently unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight 
itself in fatness. 

Jer. xxxi. 14, I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and 
ipy people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 25. I have satisfied the weary soul. 

DELIGHT IN GOD. 

CXIV^. Delight in God. Job xxii. 21. Acquaint thyself with God. 

Ver. 26. Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and 
lift up thy face unto God. 

Ps. xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee 
the desires of thine heart. 

Isa. Iviii. 14. Keep the Sabbath, 8cc. Then shalt thou delight thy* 
self in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of 
the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father. 

CXV''. Things of God delighted in by his peo/ile. Nell. ix. 25. Thy 
people delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 

Ps. i. 2. A good man's delight is the law of the Lord. Ps. cxix. 70. 
77, 92. Rom. vii. 22. 

xciv. 19. Thy comforts delight my soul. 

cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that delighteth in God's commandments. 

cxix. 16. I will delight myself in thy statutes. Ver. 47, 143. 

Isa. Iviii. 13. Call the Sabbath a delight. 

CXVI. Delight in Christ. Song ii. 3. I sat under his shadow with 
great delight. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his 
temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in. 

GLORYING IN GOD. 

CXVII. Glorying in God. Isa. xli. 16. Thou shalt rejoice in the 
Lord, and glory in the Holy One of Israel. Ch. xliv. 25. Jer. vi. 2. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord. Ps. Ixiii. IL 
— Ixiv. 10. — cv. 3. — cvi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. i. 31. 2 Cor. x. 17. 

Gal. vi. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and 
1 unto the world. 

CXVIII. Sinful g'orying forbidden. Jer. ix. 23. Let not the wise 
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in hisi 
might, let not the rich man glory in his riches. 

i Cor. 1. 29. No man should glory in God's sight. Pvom. iv. 2. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in man. 

iv. 7 Who maketh thee to diner ? and what hast thou that thou 
didst not receive i nov/ if thou didst receive it^ why dost thou glory 
as if thou hadst not received it ? 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel I have nothing to glory of, 
for necessity is Itdd upon me. yea woe is unto me if 1 preach no^tbe 
gospel. D d 



212 * Hope in God. Chap. XIV. 

2 Cor. hi. 13. iMany glory after the flesh. I Cor. v. 6. James 
i. 4. 

xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but of mine infirmiiies. Ver. 9. 
Ch. xi. 30. 

BOASTIXG IN GOD. 

CXIX. Boafiting in God. Ps. xxxiv. 2. My soul shall make her 
boast in the Lord. 

xliv. 8. In God wc boast all the day long. 

SINFUL EOASTIXG. 

. CXX. Sinful boasting of the wicked. Ps. X. 3. T!ie v.icked boastcth 
of his heart's desire. Ver. 4. God is not in all his thoughts. 

xlix 6. They boast themselves of the multitude of their riches. 

Hi. 1. Why boastest thou thyself of mischief ? 

xciv. 4. How long shall the workers of ini<^uity boast themselves ? 

Ver. 7. They say the Lord shall not see nor regard it. 

jprov. xxvii. ■■ . Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest 
r.ot what a d?y may bring forth. 

Isa. X. 15. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth there- 
with ! 

Ezek. xxxv. 13. With your mouth ye have boasted against me. 

Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will make you desolate. 

Rom. i. 20. Wicked men are boasters. 2 Tim. iii. 2. 

ii. 17, 18. Thou makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will. 

Ver. 2 3. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking 
the law dishonourest thou God ? 

iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the law of faith. 

James iii. 5. The tongue boasteth great things. 

iv..l6. Ye rejoice in your boasting, all such rejoicing is evil. 

HOPE IN GOD. 

CXXL ITope in God and Christ. Ezra. x. 2. We have trespassed 
against our God, yet now is there hope concerning this. 

Job V. 15. God saveth the poor from the sword, and from the hand 
of the mighty. 

\'er. 16. The poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

xi. 14. Put iniquity far from thee. 

\''er. 18. Then thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. 

Ps. xvi. 9. My fiesh shall rest in hope. 

Ver. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Acts ii. 26. 

xxii. 9. Thou didst make me to hope when I was upon my mo- 
tlier's breasts. 

xxxi. 24. Be of rood courage and he shall strengthen your heart, 
idl ye that hope in the Lord. 

xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon 
them that hope in his mercy. \^er. 22. Ps cxlvii. 11. Letthvmcrcv 
Lord be upon us, according; as we hope in thee. 

xxxviil 15. Fur. thee, O Lord, do I hope \ thou wilt hear, O Lord, 
my God." 



Chap. XIV. Hope in God, 



21, 



Ps. xxxix. 7. Lord, what WAit I for, my hope is in thee. 

xlii. 5. Why art thou cast clown, O my soul ? Why art thou disqui- 
eted in me ? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, for the help 
of his countenance. Ver. 1. Ps. Ixxi. 4, 5, 14. 

Ixxviii. 5. He commanded our fathers, that they should make known 
to their children his testimony and his law. 

Ver. 7. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the 
works of God, but keep his commandments. 

cxix. 43. I have hoped in thy judgments, 

Ver. 49. Remember the word on which thou hast caused me to 
hope. 

Ver. 74. I have hoped in thy word. Ver. 81, 114, 116. 

Ver. 166. Lord I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy com- 
mandments. 

cxxxi. 3. Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is 
mercy, and plenteous redemption. 

ci;Ivi. 5. H-ippy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and 
whose hope is in the Lord his God. 

Prov. X. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the 
expectation of the wicked shall perish. 

xiv^. 32.. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the 
righteous hath hope in his death. 

Jer. iii. 23. In vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from 
the multitude of mountains ; truly in the Lor<i our God is the salva- 
tion of Israel. 

xiv. 8. O Lord, the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of 
trouble. 

xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose 
hope the Lord is. 

Ver. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel. 

Ver. 17. 1 hou art my hope in the day of evil. 

xxxi. i 7. There is hope, saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again from captivity. 

1. 7. They sinned against the Lord, the hope of their fathers. 

Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore 
will I hope in him. 

Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait 
far the salvation of the Lord. 

Ver. 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be 
hope. 

Ver. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 

Hos. ii. 15. Th.^ Lord saith, I will give her (the church) the val- 
ley of Achor for a door of hope. 

Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the hope of his people. 

Zech. ix. 12. Turn ye to the strong hold, ye pribuiiers of hope. 

Acts, xxiii. 6. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead ami cal- 
led in question, said Paul. 

xxiv. 15 I have hope toward God, that there shall be a resurrec- 
tion of the dead. Ch. xxvi. 6, 7. — xxviii. 20. 

Rom. iv. 18. Abraham believed in hope. 

V. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

Ver. 4. Experience worketh hope. 



214 Hope in God, Chap. XIV. 

Pom. iv. 5. And hope maketh not ashamed. 

vii. 24. We are saved by hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, 
for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for ? 

Ver. 25. If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience 
wait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicin'^ in hope. 

XV. 4. Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written 
for our learning^, that wc through patience and comfort of the scrip- 
tures might have hope. 

Ver. \^. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in 
believing, that we raay abound in nope thi-cu<^h the power of the Holy 
Gncbt. 

1 Cor. ix. 10. For our sakes this is wiit:en, that he that plougheth 
should plough in hope, and tluit he thai thresheth in hope should be 
pai takerof his hope. 

xiii. 7, Charity bopeth all things. 
Ver. 13. Now abideth faith, hope, charity. 

XV. 19. If in this life only vve have hope in Christ, w^e are of all 
men most miserable.. 

2 Cor. iii. 12, Seeing we have such hope, we use great plainness 
of speech. 

Gal. V. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteous- 
ness through faith. 

Eph, i. S8. Your understanding being enlightened, that ye may 
know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glo- 
ry of his inheritance in the saints. 

iv 4. Ye are called in one hope of your calling. 

Pnil. i. 20. My earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing 
I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, 
Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by 
death. 

Col i. 5. The hope laid up for you in heaven. 

Ver. 23. Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. 

Ver- 27. Christ in you the hope of glory. 

1 Thess. i. 2. We give thanks to God always for you. 

Ver. 23. Remembering your work of faith, and labour of love, and 
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and 
our Father 

ii. 19. What is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing, are not even 
ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ? 

V. 8. Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breast- 
plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ, and God even our 
Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consola- 
tion and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish 
you in every good word and work. 

1 Tim. i. 1. The Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope. 

Tit.i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God hath promised. 

ii. 1 3. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing 
of the great God our Saviour, who gave himself lor us. 

iii. 17. Being justified by his grace, vre shall be made heirs accord- 
ing to the hope of eternal life. 



Chap. XIV. Expectation, __ 215 

Heb. iii. 6. Hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of hope firm 
unto the end. 

vi. 11. Full assurance of hope. 

Ver. 17. God confirmed his promise by an oath. 

Ver. 18. That we might have a strong consolation who have fled 
for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. 

Ver. 19. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure 
and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the vail. 

Ver. 20. Whither the fore-runner is for us entered, even JesuSj 
made an high-priest. 

vii. 19. The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a 
better hope did. 

xi. 6. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto 
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 

Ver. 13, Be sober and hope to the end, for the grace that is, &c. 

Ver. 21. God raised Christ from the dead and gave him glory, that 
your faith and hope might be in God. 

iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that ask- 
eth yoii a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. 

i John iii. 2. Now are we the sons of God ; when he shall appear 
we shall be like him. 

Ver. 3. Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, 
even as he is pure. 

CXXlI. The hope of the ivicked. Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope 
shall perish. Ver. 14. 

xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall fail, their hope shall be as 
the giving up of the ghost. 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite, when God taketh 
away his soul ? 

Prov. X. 28. The expectation of the wicked shall perish. Job 
xviii. 14. 

xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish, and 
the hope of unjust men perisheth. 

Jer. xviii. 1 2. They said there is no hope, but we will walk after 
our own devices. Ch. ii. 25. 

Eph. ii. 12. Having no hope, and without God in the world. 

1 rhess. iv. 13. Sorrow not (for the dead) as others which have 
no hope. 

EXPECTATION. 

CXXni. The expectation of the righteous from God, Ps. Ixii. o. 
My expectation is from the Lord. 

Prov. xxiii. 18. Thine expectation shall not be cut off. Ch. xxiv. 14. 

Phil. i. 20. According to my earnest expectation Christ shall be 
magnified in my boc>y, whether it be by life or by death. 

CXXIV. Expectation of the ivicked. Prov. x. 28. The expectation 
of the wicked shall perish. Ch. xi. 7. 

Prov. xi. 23. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. 

Zech. ix, 5. Ekron, her expectation shall be ashamed. 



21-6 Waiting. Chap. XiV. 

Acts xii. 1 L 1' he Lord hath delivered me from the expectation of 
the Jew Li. 

WAITING. 

CXXV. The righfcau.'i wait for God. Gen. xlix. 18. I have wuited 
Tor thy salvation, O Lord. 

Ps. XXV. 3, Let none that wait on the Lord be ashamed. 

Ver. 5. Thou art the God of my salvation, on thee do I wait all 
the day. Ver 2L 

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and he shall 
strc-igtheii thine heart. 

xxxiii. 20. Our b:^ul waiteth for the Lord, he is our help and our 
shield. 

xxx\ai. 7. Rest ia the Lord and v/ait patiently for him. 

Ver. 9. Those that wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth. Ver. 
3-4. 

xxxix. 7. Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in thee, deliver me 
from all my transgressions. Ver. 8. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me and 
heard mv cry. 

lix. 9. ot:cau>^3e of his strength I will wait upon thee, for God is 
my dete.ice. 

i^^i 1. My i,oul Wrtileth upon God, from him cometh my salva- 
UOL. \^:r. 5. 

ixix, .>, Viiiie eyes fail while I wait for ray God. 

^ ei'. 6. ..cc ixOL them that wait on thee be ashamed. 

cxxiii.2. Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have 
mercy upon us. 

c-ixx. 5. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word 
do 1 hope. 

Ver. 6. r^iy soul waileth for the I.,ord more than they that watch 
iVu' ihe morning. 

Prov. viii. 34. Bles ed is the man that heareth me, (Wisdom) 
-vTcilcliing daily at the pots of my gates. 

XX, j'i. Wait on the Lord and he shall save tliee. 

isi. viii, 17. 1 v/iil waii upon the Lord that hideth his face from 
the hovise of Jacob, and I v,'iii look for him. 

XXV. 9. ]^o this is our God we have waited for him/ and he will 
•iLi^e us ; this is the i^ord, we have waited for him, we will be giad 
and rcjc i(.e in his Salvation. 

ix,i. 8. In the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we v/aited for 
thee, the t.ie;3iic of o\ir soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance 
of thee. 

XXX, IS. The Lord is a God of judgment, blessed arc all that wait 
l-br |ixm. 

xxxiii. 2. O Lord be gracious unto us, we have waited for thee, 
he thou their arm every morning, our salvation in time of trouble. 

xl. 31. They thai wait upon the Lord shaii renew their strength. 

xiix. 23. Thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not 
be ashamed that wait for me. 

ii. 5. The isies shall wait upon me, and upon mine arm shall they 



Chap. XIV" Sub?ni.'ision and Resignaticn, 2ir 

Isa. Ixiv. Men have not heard nor perceived by ll>e ear, neither 
hath the eyes seen, what he hath prepared for them thai wait for him. 

Jer. xiv. 22. Are there any among. the vanities of the Gentiles that 
can cause rain, or can the heavens give showers ? art not tliou he, 
O Lord our God ? therefore we' will wait upon thee, for thou hast 
made all these things. 

Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to 
the soul that seeketh him. 

Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait 
for the salvation of the Lord. 

Hos, xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment, and wuit on thy God con- 
tinually. 

Mic. vii. 7. I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will 
hear me. 

Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an appointed time, wait for it, because 
it will surely come. 

Zeph. iii. 8. Wait upon me saith the Lord. 

Mark xv. 43. Joseph of Arimathea waited for the kingdom of God. 
Luke xxiii. 5 1 . 

Luke ii. 25. Simeon waited for the consolation of Israel. 

xii. 36. Be ye like men that wait for the coming of their Lord. 

Rom. viii. 23. We groan within ourselves, wailing for the adop- 
tion, to wit, the redemption of our body. 

I Cor. i. 5, 7. In every thing ye are enriched : So that ye come 
behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteous- 
ness by faith. 

1 Thess. i. 9. Ye turned from idols to serve the living and true 
God, and to wait for his son from heaven. 2 Thess. iii. 5. Jam. v, 7. 
See Zech. ix. 1. 

CXXVI. The wicked 'wait not for God. 2 Kings vi. 33. Behold this 
evil is of the Lord, what should I wait for the Lord any longer ? 

Ps. cvi. 13. They forgr.t his works, they waited not for hiy coun- 
sel. 

SUBMISSION AND RESIGNATION TO GOD. 

CXXVII. The language ex/iressive of this ternj-ier of mind is^ Juds. 
X, 15. Do unto us what seemeth good unio thee. 

1 Sara. iii. 18. Eli saiJ, it is the Lord, let him do what seemeth 
him good. 2 Sam. x. 12. — xv. 26. 

2 Kings XX. 19. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, good is the word of 
the Lord which thou hast spoken. Isa. xxxix. 8. 

Matt. xi. 26. JesAi^^ said, even so, Fathei", for so it seemed e-ood in 
thy sight. Luke X 21. 

vi. 10. Thy vvili be done. Luke xi. 2. 

xxvi. 42. Jesus prayed aiid said, () mv Father, if this cup mav 
iM)L pass away from me except I diink 11. tliv will be done. 

Acts xxi. 14. Tiie will of the Lord be done. 

?seh. ix. 33. Tiiou art just in ail that is bvought upon us. 

Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and ihe Lord h:\ih tuken^^wav. aud b!e?> 
-ed bi' his name. 



218 Trust in God, Chap. XIV. 

Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore should a living man complain ? a man for 
the punishment of his sins. 

James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God. 

Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou 
didst it. 

Threats, Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth with his Maker. 

RELYING UPON GOD. 

CXXVIII. Belying u/ion God. 2 Chron. xiii. 18. The children of 
Judah prevailed against their enemies, because they relied upon the 
Lord God of their fathers. 1 Chron. v. 20. 

xiv. 1 1. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on thee* 

xvi. 8. Because thou didst rely upon the Lord, he delivered thine 
enemies into thine hand. 

Ps. xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. 

Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee, 
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 

cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my soul. 

Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and ye shall find rest to your 
souls. 

1 Pet. V. 7. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you. 

TRUST IN GOD. 

CXXIX. Trusting in God and Christ, 2 Sam. xxii. 2. David said, 
the Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer. 

Ver. 3. The God of my rock in him will I trust, he is my shield 
and the horn of my salvation, my high tower and my refuge, my sa- 
viour, thou savest me from violence. Ps. xviii. 2. — cxliv. 1,2. 

Ver. 31. The Lord is a buckler to all that trust in him. 

2 Kings xviii. 5 . Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that 
after him was none like him, among all the kings of Judah, nor any 
that were before him. Ch. xix. 10. 2 Chron. xxxii. 7, 8. Isa. xxxvi. 
xxxvii. chapters. 

1 Chron. v. 18. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the 
tribe of Manasseh. Ver. 19. Made war with the Hagarites. 

Ver. 20. And the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, for 
they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them be- 
cause they put their trust in him. 

Job xiii, 15. Job said, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. 

XXXV. 14. Judgment is before him, therefore trust thou in him. 

Ps. ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

iv. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the 
Lord. 

V. 1 1. Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice. 

vii. 1. O Lord my God, in thee do 1 put my trust, save me from 
all that persecute me. 

ix. 10. They that know thy name, will put their trust in thee, for 
thou Lord hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

Ps. xi. 1. In the Lord put I my trust. 

xiii. 5. 1 have trusted in thy mercy, my heart shall rejoice in thy 
salvation . 



Chap. XIV. Trust in Gsd. 219 

Ps. xvi. 1 . Preserve me, O God, for 'm thee do I put my trust. 

xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that savest 
by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee. 

XX. 7. Some trust in chariots and horses, but we will remember 
the name of the Lord our God. 

xxi. 7. The king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of 
the Most High, he shall not be moved. 

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them, 

Ver. 5. They trusted in thee, and were^not confounded. 

Ps. xxii. 8. He trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him> 
Matt, xxvii. 43. 

XXV. 2. O my God, I trust in thee, let me not be ashamed, let not 
mine enemies triumph over me. 

Ver. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be ashamed, 
for I put my trust in thee. 

xxvi. 1. I have trusted in the Lord, therefore I shall not slide. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength, and my shield, my heart trust 
ed in him and I am helped, therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, 
and with my song will I praise him. 

xxxi. 1 . In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, let me never be asha= 
med, deliver me in thy righteousness. Ps. Ixxi. 1,5. 

Ver. 6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities, but I trusted 
in the Lord. 

Ps. xxxi. 19. How great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up 
for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust 
in thee before the sons of men. 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he that trust- 
eth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him round. 

Ps. xxxiii. 21. Our hearts shall rejoice in him because we trusted 
in his holy name. 

Ver. 22. Let thy mercy be upon us. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Ps. ixxxiv. 12. 

Ver. 22. None of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God, therefore 
the sons of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in 
the land, and verily thou shak be fed. Ver. 5, 40. 

xl. 4. Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. Ver. 3. 

xliv. 6. I will not trust in my bow, thou hast saved us from our 
enemies. Ver. 7. 

lii. 8. I trust in the mercy of God for e^-er and ever. 

Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee ; 
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Ver. 23. 

l.vi. 3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 

Ver. 4. In God I have put my trust, I will not fear what flesh can 
do unto me. Ps. cxviii. 6. 

Ps. Ivii. 1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for 
my soul trusteth in thee, yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make 
my refuge, until these calamities be over past. 

Ps. Ixi. 4. I will trust in the covert of thy wingSr 

Ixii. 8. Trust in him at all times, God is a refuge for us. 

E e 



220 Trust in God, Chap. XIV. 

Ps. Ixiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall 
trust in him. 

Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw near to God, I have put miy 
trust in the Lord God. 

Ixxxvii. 2. O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 

?cci. 2. I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, 
my God, in him will I trust. 

cxii. 7. A good man shall not be afraid of evil tidings, his heart is 
fixed trusting in the Lord. Ver. 8. 

cxv. 9. Israel, trust thou in the Lord, he is their help, and shield. 
Ver. 10, 11. 

cxviii. 8. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence 
in man. 

Ver. 9. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in 
princes. Ps cxlvi. 3. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come unto me, O Lord, even thy salva- 
tion, according to thy word. 

Ver. 42. For I trust in thy word. 

cxxv. 1. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as mount Zion, which 
cannot be removed. 

Ps. cxli, 8. Mine eyes are unto thee, O God, the Lord, in thee is 
my trust, leave not my soul destitute. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for 
in thee do I trust ; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, 
for I lift my soul to thee. 

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not 
unto thine own understanding. 

xvi. 3. Commit thy ways unto the Lord. 

xvi. 20. Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. 

xxii. 19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known 
' to thee this day. 

xxviii. 25. He that putteth his trust in the Lord, shall be made fat. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. 

Isa. Nii. 2. Behold God is my salvation, I will trust and not be a- 
fraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength, and my song, he also is 
become my salvalion. 

xxvi. 3. Thou wiit keep him in perfect peace, whose miitd is stay- 
ed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. 

Ver. 4. Trust in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is 
everlasting strength. 

1. 10. Whoso is among you that feareth the Lord, and obeyeth the 
voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let 
him trust in the name of tlie Lord, and stay upon his God. 

ii. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall the} 
trust. Matt. xii. 21. 

Ivii. 13, He that putteth Jiis trust in the Lord, shall inherit the 
land, and shall possess ray holy mountain. 

Jer. xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and 
whose hope the Lord is. 

Ver. 8. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and thai 
spreadeth out her roots by the river, £cc. 

Jer. xiix. 11. Let thv widows trust in me. 



Chap. XIV. Confidence. 221 

Dan iii. 28. The Lord sent his angel, and delivered his servant ~ 
that trusted in him. 

Neh. i. 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, 
and he knoweth them that trust in him. 

Ver. 8. But darkness shall pursue his enemies. 

Zeph. iii. 12. An atRicted and poor people shall trust in the name 
of the Lord 

Matt. xii. 21. In his (Christ's) name shall the Gentiles trust. 

Rom. XV. 12. In him shall the Gentiles trust. Isa xi. 10. Isa. li. 5. 

2 Cor. i. 9. We had the sentence of death within ourselves, that 
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead. 

Ver. lO. Who delivered us, in whom we trust, that he will yet de- 
liver us. 

iii. 4. Such trust have we through Christ to Godward. 

Ver. 5- Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, but our sufficiency 
is of God. 

Eph. i. 12. That we should be to the praise of his glory who first 
trusted hi Christ. 

Ver. 13. in whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of 
truth, the gospel of your salvation. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We both labour and suffer reproach, because we 
trust in the iiving God ; who is the Saviour of all men, especially of 
them that believe. 

V. 5. She that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusteth in God. 
1 Pet. iii. 5. 

CONFIDENCE. 

CXXX. Coiifidence in God. Ps. Ixv. 5. O God of our salvation, who 
art the confidence of the ends of the earth. 

' Prov. iii. 25. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation 
of the wicked when it cometh. . ' 

Ver. 26. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy 
feet from being taken. 

xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence. 

Isa. xxx. 1 5. Thus saith the Lord, in quietness and confidence shall 
be your strength. 

2 Cor. V. 6. We are confident and willing, rather to be absent from 
the body. 

Eph. iii. 12. In Christ Jesus our Lord, we have boldness and access 
with confidence, by the faith of him. . , 

Phil i. 6. Being confident of this, that he that hath begun a good 
work in you. will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. 

2 Thess. iii. 4. We have confidence in the Lo^d touching you. GaL 
V. 10. Philem. ver. 21. 

Heb. iii. 6. We are Christ's house, if we hold fast the confidence, 
and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 

Ver. 14. We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the begin- 
ning of our confidence stedfast unto the end. 

X. 35. Cast not away your confidence which hath great recompense 
of reward. 



222 Confidence. Chap. XIV; 

1 John ii. 28. Little children, abide in Christ, that when he shall 
•appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at 
his coming. 

iii, 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confi- 
dence towards God. 

V. 14. This is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask 
any thing according to his -will he heareth us. 

CXXXI. Coiijidence in God, a security against the fear of e-vHfrom 
man. Gen. xv. 1 . God said to Abraham fear not, I am thy shield, and 
thy exceeding great reward. 

xxvi. 24. The Lord said to Isaac fear not, for I am with thee, and 
win bless thee. 

Lev. xxvi. 3. If ye walk in my statutes. Ver. 26. None shall make 
you afraid. Job xi. 14, 15, 19. Ezek. xxxiv. 28. — xxxix. 26i 

Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man. 

Ver. 20. The Lord your God shall fight for you. Ver. 30. 

2 Kings vi. 16. The man of God said, fear not, for they that be 
with us be more than they that be with them. 

Job V. 2 1. Neither shalt thou be afraid for destruction when it com- 
eth. Ver. 22. Ch. xi. 14, 15. 

Ps. iii. 5. The Lord sustained me, I will not be afraid of thousands 
set against nie. Ps. xxvii. 3. 

xxiii, 4, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. 

Kxxiv. 4. The Lord delivered me from all my fears. . 

xlvi. 2. I will not fear though the earth be removed. 

Ver. f. The Lord of host^ is with me. 

Ivi. 3,4. In God have I put my trust, I will not fear what flesh can 
4o unto me. Heb. xiii. 6. 

xci. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for 
the arrow by day, 

Ver. 6. Nor for the pestilence, nor for destruction. 

cxii. T- He shall not be afraid of evil tidings, his heart is fixed 
trusting in the Lord. Ver. 8. 

Ps. cxviii. ^. The Lord is on my side, I shall not fear. 

Prov. i. 33, Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and 
shall be quiet frorn fear of evil. 

xxix. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare, but ,whoso putteth 
his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Ch. iii. 21 to 25. 

Isa. xii. 2. God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid, 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear not thou therefore, I am with thee, saith the 
Lord. Ver. 13, 14, Ch. xxxv. 4. Ch. xliii. 15.— -li. 7, 12.— liv. 4, 14. 
Jer. i. 8.— rxxiii, 4.-^xxx. 10.— xxxix. 17^:-xlvi. 27, 28.-^li. 46. 

Mic. iv. 4. They shall sit every man, under his vine, and under 
his fig-tree, and none shall make him afraid. Zeph. iii. 13, 16. 

Matt. X. 26. Fear them not. Luke i. 74. — xxi. 8. John xii. 15, 

Luke xii. 4. Be not afraid of them that kill the body. Ver. 32. 

Acts xviii. 9. Then spake the Lord to Paul, be not afraid for I am 
^th thee. Ver. 10. 

Romi viii. 1 5. We have not received the spirit of bondage, again 
to fear, but of adoption. Tim. i. 7. 

JPhil. i. 14. The brethren spake the word without fear. 



Chap. XIV. Seeking God. 223 

Heb. ii. 15. Christ took part of flesh and blood, that he might de- 
liver them, who through fear of death were all their life time subject 
to bondage. 

1 Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for righteousness sake, be not afraid of 
their terror. Matt. v. 10. 

1 John iv. 18. There is no fear in love. 

Rev.i. 17. Fear not, for I am the first and the last. Ch. ii. 20. See 
Gen. xxi. 17. Exod. xx. 20. Numb. xiv. 9.--xxi. 34. Deut. vii. 18, 
19,21.— XX. I, 3. — xxxi. 6, 8. Jos. xi. 6. 2 Kings i. 15. 2 Chron. xx. 
17. Neh iv. 14. Ps. xlix. 5, 16. — Ixxviii. 53. Isa. vii. 4, 25. — viii. 12. 

xiv. 3. xl. 9. Dan. x. 12. Joel ii. 2. Matt. viii. 26. Mark iv. 40, 

Luke xxi. 9. John xii. 15. Zech. ix. 9. Acts xxvii. 24. Heb. xi. 23, 

CXXXII. Confidence of the wicked. Job xxxi. 24. If I have made 
gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold thou art my confidence* 
Ver. 28. 1 his also were iniquity. 

Ps. cxviii. 8. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confi- 
dence in man. 

Ver. 9. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in 
princes. 

Prov. xiv. 16. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but a 
fool rageth and is confident. 

xxi. 22. A wise man scale th the city of the mighty, and casteth 
down the confidence thereof. 

XXV. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful man, in time of trouble, is 
like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 

Jer. ii, 37. The Lord hath rejected thy confidence in Egypt and 
Assyria. Ezek. xxix. 16. 

xlviii. 13. The house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their con- 
fidence. 1 Kings xii. 29. 

Rom. ii. 19. Thou art confident that thou art a guide of the blind, 

Phil. iii. 3. Have no confidence in the flesh. 

CXXXIII. Assurance of the righteous. Isa. xxxii. 17. The work of 
righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quiet- 
ness and assurance for ever. See 1 John iii. 19. 

SEEKING GOD. 

CXXXIV. Seeking God commanded, Ps. xxvii. 8. When thou saidst, 
3eek ye my face, my heart said unto thee, thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

cv. 4. Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. 

Isa. viii. 19. Should not a people seek to their God. 

Iv. 6. Seek ye the Lord while" he may be found, call upon him 
while he is near. See Amos v. 1. Acts xv. 17. — xvii. 27. 

Isa. xi. 10. There shall be a root of Jesse, (f. e, Christ) to it shall 
the Gentiles seek. 

CXXXV. God is to he sought with all the heart, Deut, iv. 29. Thou 
ahalt find the Lord if thou seek him, with all thy heart and with all 
thy soul. Jer, xxix. 13, 14. 

Ps. cxix. 2. Blessed are they that seek the Lord with their whole 
heart. 

1 Chron. xxii. 19. Set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord 
your God- 



i52^ . S^'t>k'mg God. Chap. XIV. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my soul have 1 desired thee in the night, yea. 
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early. 

Ps. Ixiii. 8. ?vly soul tbiloweth hard after thee. 

CX^XXV^I. Promises to them that seek God* See the first two texts 
in the last section. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of God is upon all them for good, that 
svif-i' him, but his power and his wrath is against all them that for- 
sake hini. . 

! s. 10, Thou Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 
. . 10. They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good thing. 

Ixix 52. Your heart shall, iivc that seek the Lord. 

Prov, viii. 17. Those that seek me early shall Hnd me. 

Isa. xlv. 19. I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. 

Lar^- iii. 2 5. I'he Lord is good to thcin that wait for him, to the 
soul that seeketh him. 

Hos.^x. 12. Seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness 
upon you. 

Amos V. 4. Thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, seek ye 
me and ye sliall live. 

Ver 6. §cek the Lord a,nd ye shall live, lest he breakout like fire 
in the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to quench it 
in Beth-el. _ , - . 

VtT 8. Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, that turn- 
€th the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark 
with nitjht, 8cc. Ver. 9. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth, which have 
wrought his judgments, seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may 
be. ye shall be hid in the day, of the Lord's anger.' 

Matt. vii. 7, Seek and ye shall find. Ver. 8. He that seeketh find- 
eth. 1 Chron.xxviii. 9. 2 Chron. xv. 2. 

Heb. xi, 6. God is a rewaixier of them that diligently seek hinio 
See Job viii. 5- 6. Ps. xxii. 26. 

CXXXVII. Prayers for them that seek God. 2 Chron. xxx. 18. 
Hezekiah prayed, saying, good Lord, pardon every one, 

Ver. 19. That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of 
his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification 
of the sanctuary. 

Ver. 20. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the 
people. 

Ps. Ixix. 6. Let none of those that seek thee be confounded. 

Ixx. 4. Let all those that seek thee, rejoice and be glad in thee, 
aprl- let such as love thy salvation say continually, the Lord be mag- 
j^'fFied. 

cv. 3. Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord, 1 Chron. 
Mvi. 10. 

: CXXXVin. Examples of God's ficople seeking him, 2 Chron. xi. 16. 
Out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the Lord 
Cod of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the Lord God of 
their fatliers, and would not worship calves set up by Jeroboam. 



Chap. XIV. ' N^^A seeking God.. -225 

2 Chron. xiv. 4. Asa commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of 
their fathers, and to do the law and the r.ommaiulments. Ver. 7. 

XV. 12. Israel entered mto a covenant to seek the Lord God of 
their fathers with all their heart and with all their sou!. 

Ver. 13. And that whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Is- 
rael, should be put to death. 2 Kings xxiii. 3. Neh, x. 29. 2 Chron. 
xxiv. 31. 

xvii. 3 The Lord was with Jehosapliat. Ver. 4. Because he soucrht 
the Lord God of his fathers, and walked in his commundnients. Ch. 
xix. 3.— XX. 3, — xxii. 9. 

xxvi. 5. Uzziah sought God, and as long as he sought the Lord, 
God made him prosper. Ver. 7. 

2 Chron. xxxi. 21. In every work that Kezekiah began in the ser- 
vice of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, 
to seek God, he did it. with all his heart and prospered. 

Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel separated themselves from the 
filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of 
Israel. 

vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and 
to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 

Jobv. 8. ,1 would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit 
my cause. 

Ps. xxiv. 6. This is the generation of them that seek him. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord, he heard ai:d delivered me from all 
my fears. Ch. Ixxvii. 2. 

Song iii; 2. I will seek him whom my soul loveth. Ch. vi. I. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my Spirit within me, will 1 seek tiiee eurjy. 

Dan. ix. 3, I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer 
and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth and ashes. 

Mai. iii, 1. The Lord (Christ) whom ye seek shall come, £cc. 
Isa. 1. 4, 5. Hos. iii. 5. Zech. viii. 21, 22. 

NOT SEEKING GOD, 

CXXXIX. The %vicked seek 7iot God. 2 Chron. :.vi. 2. Asa in his 
disease, sought not to the Lord but to the physicians. 

Ps. X. 14. The wicked through the pride of his countenance, will 
not seek after God, God is not in all his thoughts. 

xiv. 2. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of 
men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek- God. 

Ver. 3. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. Rom. iii. 11. 

CXL. The wicked seek not God aright. 2 Chron. xii. 14. Rehoboam 
prepared not his heart to seek the. Lord. 

Isa. Iviii. 2. They seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, 
as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinances of 
their God ; they seek of me, the ordinances of justice, they take de- 
light in approaching unto God. 

V>r. 3. In the day of your fast, ye exact all your labours, ye fast 
for strife. John vi. 26. 

TJireats against the wicked., who seek ;*'.' God aright . Ps. Ixxxiii. 16". 
rill their faces with shame, O Lord, that they may s€ek thy name^ 



226 Coming to God, Chap, XIV. 

Ps. cxix, 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not 
Ihy statutes. 

Prov. i. 8. They shall seek me early, but shall not find me. 

Isa. ix. 1 3. The people turned not to them that smiteth them, nei- 
ther do they seek the Lord of hosts. 

Ver. 14. Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel, head and 
tail, &c. Hos. vii. 10, 13, 14, 16. 

xxxi. 1 . Woe to them that go down to Egypt, that stay on horses, 
that trust in chariots, but look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither 
seek the Lord. Ch. xxii. 21. 

Jer. X. 2 1 . The pastors are become brutish, and have not sought 
the Lord, therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall 
be scattered. 

Hos. V. 5. The pride of Israel doth testify to his face, therefore 
shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity. 

Ver. 6. They shall go with their flocks and their herds, to seek 
the Lord, but they shall not find him, he hath withdrawn himself 
from them. 

Ver. 15. I will go and return to my place, saith the Lord, till they 
acknowledge their offence, and seek my face, in their affliction they 
win seek me early. Zeph. i. 6. 

John vii. 34. Jesus said, ye shall seek me, and shall not find me. 

viii. 2 1 . Ye shall seek me, and die in your sins. 

DRAWING NEAR TO GOD. 

CXLI. Bratuing near to God. Lev. x. 3. The Lord spake saying;, 
I will be sanctified in all them that come nigh me, and before all the 
people will I be glorified. 

1 Sam. xiv. 36. The priest said, let us draw near to God. 

Ps. Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou causest to approach un-- 
to thee. 

Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me, that I draw near to God. 

Jer. XXX. 21.1 will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach 
unto me. 

Ver. 22. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance 
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
Ch. vii. 19. 

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. 

Isa, xxix. 13. The wicked draw nigh with their lips only. Matt. 
XV. 8. Ezek. xxxiii. 31. 

COMING TO GOD. 

CXLI I. Comi7ig to God. Ps. Ixv. 2. O thou that hearest prayer, 
unto thee shall all flesh come. 

Isa. xlv. 24. In the Lord have I righteousness and strength, even 
to him shall all men come. 

Iv. 3. Incline your ear, u d come unto me, hear and your soul 
shall live, and I will make an everlasting covennatwith yqu. 



Chap. XlV. Forsak'mg God, 22f 

Jer. iii. 22. Return, ye backsliding children, and I 'will heal your 
backslldings ; behold we come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our 
God. Ch, XXX. 21. 

Come to God through Christ. Heb. vii. 25. Christ is able to save them 
to the uttermost, that come to God by him. Heb. iv. 16. — xi. 6. 

Come to Christ, Matt. xi. 28. Jesus said, come unto me all ye that 
labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Isa. Iv. 1 . — Ix. 
3. Rev. xxii. 17. 

John vi. 37. Jesus said, all that the Father hath given me, shall 
come unto me, and he that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out. 

John vi. 44. No man can come unto me, except the Father draw 
him. 

FOLLOWING GOD« 

CXLIII. Following God. 1 Sam. xii. 14. Continue following the 
Lord your God. Ver. 20, 21, 23. 1 Kings ix. 6, 7, 8. If ye will not, 
then shall the hand of the Lord be against you. 

i Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, if the Lord be God, follow him. 
Deut. xiii. 4. 

Ps. Ixiii. 8. My soul followeth hard after thee. 

Eph. V. I. Be ye followers of God as dear children. 

CXLIV. Following Christ, Matt. xvi. 24. Jesus said, if any man 
will come after me, let him take up his cross and follow mc. John 
xii. 26. 

John viii. 12. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness. 

X. 27. My sheep hear my voice and they follow me. 

Ver. 28. And 1 will give unto them eternal life, and they shall 
never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 

FORSAKING GOD. 

CXLV. Forsaking God. Threats, 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou for- 
sake God he will cast thee off for ever. 

2 Chron. xv. 21. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him, and 
if ye seek him, he will be found of you, if you forsake him, he will 
cast you off for ever. 

xxiv. 20. Because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath forsaken you. 

E^ra viii. 2. God's power and wrath is against all that forsake 
him. 

Isa. i. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the 
Holy One of Israel to anger. 

Ver. 28. They that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. 

Jer. ii. 13. My people have forsaken me the fountain of living wa- 
ters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no 
water. See threats to ver. 19. 

Ver. 19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy back- 
slldings shall reprove thee, know therefore, and see that it is an evil 
thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God. 

xvii. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be 
ashamed. See Deut. viii. 20. — xxxi. 16, IT— xxxii. 15 to 32. 
2 Chron. xii. 15. Isa. Ixv. U. 

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Going astray. 



CuAP. XIV. 



DEPARTING FROM GOD. 

CXLVh I)ejiarli?ig from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Cursed be the man 
that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart dc- 
pa iteth from the Lord. Ver. 13. See Ezek. xviii. 24. — xxxiii. 12» 
bee this sin confessed. Dan. ix. 5, U. Isa. lix. 12, 13. 

Xot defiarting from God. Instances. 2 Sam. xxii. 22. I have kept 
the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 

Ver. 23. For all hisjudgments were before me, and for his statutes 
I did not wickedly depart from them. See Pi. xviii. 21. Ps. cxix. 
3, 8, 10, 11, 102. 

BACKSLIDING. 

CXLVIL Backsliding from God. Prov. xiv. 14. The backslider ia 
heart shall be filled with his own ways. 

Isa. i. 4. They are gone away backward. Jer. vii. 24. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thy backslidings shall reprove thee. 

V. 6. Their transgressior^s are many, their backslidings are in- 
creased. 

Ver. 7. How shall I pardon thee. Ch. viii. 5, 13. — xiv. 2 to 7. 

XV. 6. Thou hast forsaken me, and art gone away backward, there- 
fore will I destroy thee. 

xlix. 4. O backsliding daughter, I will bring a fear upon thee. 
. Hos. iv. 16. Israel slideth back, as a backbiiding heifer. 

xi. 6. The sword shall abide on his cities. 

Ver. 7. For my people are bent to backsliding. 

X. 38. If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 

Ver. 39. We are not of them that draw back to perdition, but to 
them that believe to the saving of the soul. 

Promise. Hos. xiv, 1. Return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast 
fallen by thine iniquity, 

Ver. 4. I will heal your backslidings. Jer. iii. 22. 

GOING ASTRAY. 

CXLVIII. The wicked go aside^ go astray, err, nvander, turnaivay 
from God. 

Ps. xiv. 3. They are all gone aside, Sec. 

Iviii. 3. The wicked are estranged from the very womb, they go- 
astray as soon as born. 

Ixxviii. 57. They are turned aside like a deceitful bow. Ver. 62. 

xcv. 10. It is a people that do err in heart. 

Prov. v. 23. The wicked shall die without instruction, and in the 
greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 

xiv. 22. Do they not err that devise evil, but mercy and truth shall 
be to them that devise good. 

Isa. xliv. 20. A deceived heart hath turned him aside, he cannot 
deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand ? 

.Ter. ii. 27. They have turned their back unto me, and not their 
face. 

viii. 6. Every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into 
the battle. 

CXLIX. Confession. Isa. liii. 6. All we like lost sheep have gone 
astray, we have turned every one to his ov.ii way. 



Chap. XIV. V/orship. 229 

CL. Threats. Ps. cxix. 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are 
cursed, that do err from thy commandments. 

Ver. 118. Thou hast trodden down all them that do err, from thy 
statutes. 

Prov. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an 
evil way, shall fall himself into his own pit. 

James v. 20. He that converteth a sinner from the error of his 
way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

2 Pet. iii. 17. Beware lest ye be led away with the error of the 
wicked. See Rom. i. 27. 

WORSHIP. 

CLI. Worship due to God only. See commandment I. 2 Kings xvii. 
36. The Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great 
power, and with a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, him shall 
ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. Neh. ix. 6. 

Ps. xxii. 37. AH the ends of the world shall remember and turn 
unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before 
him. Ver. 29. Ps- Ixxxvi. 9, 10. 

xcv. 6. O come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before 
the Lord our maker. 

Ver. 7. For he is God. 

xcvii. 7. Worship him all ye gods. 

xcix. 5. Worship at his foot-stool, for he is holy. 

Ver. 9. Worship at his holy hill, 

Isa. Ixvi. 23. All flesh shall come and worship before me, saith 
the Lord. 

Zeph. ii. 11. Men shall worship him, every one from his place, 
even ail the isles of the heathen. 

^ Rev. iv. 10. In heaven the four and tv/enty elders fell down before 
him, that sat on the throne, and worshipped him that liveth for ever 
and ever. See Ch. v. 14. — vii. 1 1 — xi. 16. — xiv. 7. — xix. 4. 

Rev. XV. 4. All nations shall come and worship before thee, for 
thy judgments are made manifest. 

Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God worship Christ — For the 
worship due to Christ, see worship offered to him by the church 
in heaven, and on earth. Chap, upon the dignity and offices of Jesus 
Christ. 

A-ngels not be worshipped. See Col. ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10, 11. — xxii. 
8, 9. Against worshipping creatures for God. See commandments, 
1st and 2d. 

CLIL How God is to be worshipped. 1 Chr. xvi. 29. Worship the 
Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

xxix. 9. W^ith a perfect heart the people offered willingly to the 
Lord. 

Ps. Ii. 6. Thou desirest truth in the inward parts. 

Ver. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and 
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall worship the Father in 
spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 

Acts xxiv. 14. After the way which they (the Jews) call heresy, 
so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are 
written in the law, and the prophets. 



230 Fasting. Chap. XIV. 

Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision which worship God in the 
spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the 
flesh. See Mai. i. 11 — iii. 4. 

CLIII. Worshifi offered by the wicked unaccefitable to God. Isa. i. 1 1. 
To what purpose are the multitude of your sacrifices to me, saith the 
Lord. 

Ver. 112. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required 
this at your hands to tread my courts ? 

Ver. 15. Your hands are full of blood. Ver. 16. Wash you, make 

you clean. See Ch, Ixvi. 3, 4. Jer. vii. 9, 10, 11, 21, 22 vi. 20. 

Ps. 1. 16. Unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou to do, to de-- 
clare my statutes ? or that thou shouldst take my covenant in thy 
mouth ? 

Ver. 17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words be- 
hind thee. 

Pro7= vii. 14. The whorish woman said, I have peace offerings 
Vv'ith me, this day 1 have paid my vows. 

Ver. 27. Her house is the way to hell, Sec. 

Ma:, i. 8. If ye offer the blind, the lame and the sick for sacri- 
fice, is it not evil I offer it up to thy governor will he be pleased with 
thee ? Ver. 9. 

Ver. 10, 1 have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, nei- 
ther v^'iil I accept an offering at your hands. See ver. 13, 14. 

Matt. XV. 8. Tnis people draweth near me with their mouth, and 
honoureth mc with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 

Ver. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the 
coniinandments of men. Sec Acts xvii. 25. 

FASTING. 

CLIV- Fasting afifiointed by God. Lev. xxiii. 27. The tenth day 
of the seventh month shall be a day of atonement, an holy convoca- 
tion unto you, ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord. 
^ Ver. 28. Ye shall do n6 work in that same day. See to ver. 33. 
CLV. Fasts extraordinary and miraculous ke/it by Moses. Exod.Xxxiv. 
28. By Elijah. 1 Kings xix. 8. By Jesus Christ. Matt. iv. 2. 

CLVI. Fasting acceptably. Isa. Iviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I 
have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy 
burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke. 

Ver. 7. To deal thy bread to the hungry, and to bring the poor 
that are cast out into thine house ; when thou see^t the naked that 
thou cover him, &c. Zech. /iii. 19. 

Matt. vi. 1 6. When ye fast be not as the hypocrites, of a sad coun- 
tenance. 

Ver. 17. WHien thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face. 

Ver. 18. That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Fa- 
ther which is in secret. 

CLVII. Fasts of the ivicked. Isa. Iviii. 3. In the days of your fast 
you exact all your labours. 

Ver. 4. Ye fast for strife and debate. Ver. 5. 

Jer. xiy. \1, W.hen ihcy fast I will not hear their cry. Zech, vii. 5,. 



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Matt. vi. 16. Hypocrites fast with a sad countenance to appear 
unto men. 

Luke xviii. 12. The Pharisee said I fast twice in the week, yet 
was not justified. See an hypocritical fast appointed by Jesebel. 
1 Kings xxi, 9. 

CLVIII. Occasions of fasts obser-oed by God's peofilc bfore war^ or 
an ex/iectcd attack from an enemy. 2 Chron. xx. 3. At the approach 
of enemies, king Jehoshaphat proclaims a fast. 

Ver. 15. He' and his people are delivered from their enemies* 
See 1 Sam. vii. 6. 

Esther xiv. 3. The Jews threatened with destruc'ion in Babylon, 
fast. Ver. 1 6. And are delivered. 

CLIX. Jfter beini^ dtfeatedby enemies* See Jos. vii. 6. Judges xx. 
26. I Sam. xxxi. 13. 2 Sam. i. 12. At calamities from the hand of 
God, upon man or beast, or the fruit of the earth. Joel i. 14. — ii. 12, 
15, 16, 17. 

CLX. Judgments threatened by the Almighty against sinners. 

1 Kings xxi. 27. Ahab terrified at God's threatenings against him, 
fasted. 

V^er. 29. God brought not the evil threatened in his day. 

Jonah iii. 5, 7. The king and people of Nineveh terrified at God*s 
threatenings against them by Jonah, proclaim a fast, and keep it with 
great strictness. 

Jonah iii. 10. They are saved from destruction. Daniel fasts and 
prays for the Jews' return from captivity. Dan. ix. 3. The Jews held a 
fast setting out on their return from captivity. Ezra viii. 21, 23. The 
Jews having returned from captivity, and restoring the publick wor- 
ship of God hold a fast and read the law. Neh. ix. 1 . Also, see Jer. 
XXX vi. 6. 

The apostles fasted and prayed with the church before they or- 
dained elders and preachers of the gospel. Acts xiv. 23. — xiii. 2, 3. 

Devils cast out by fasting and prayer. Matt. xvii. 21. 

CLXI. Fasts of particular fiersons held at their own discretion, 
2 Sam. xii. 16. David fasted when his child was sick. 

Ps. xxxv. 13. When they were sick, I humbled my soul with fast- 
ing. 

ixix. 10. I wept and chastened my soul with fasting. 

cix. 24. My knees are weak through fasting. 

Matt. ix. 14. John's disciples and the Pharisees fastjfd often. 
Markii. 18. 

Christ's disciples fasted, after he was taken from them. 2 Cor. vi'. 
5.— xi. 27. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God with fasting night and day. 

Acts. X. 30. Cornelius while he fasted and prayed, was directed by 
an angel to send for Peter to preach the gospel. 

I Cor. vii. 3. Husband and wife ought not to separate except for a 
time, to give themselves to fasting and prayer. 

N. B. Religious fasting is always to be accompanied with prayer, 
and with all the requisites in prayer, which see in the chapter up- 
on prayer. 



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Chap. XIV. 



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CLXII. PeTKons whose firayer shall be heard. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord 
hath set apart him that is godly for himself, the Lord will hear when 
I call unto him. 

xxvi. 6. I will wash mine hands in innocency, so will I compass 
thine altar. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his 
ears are open to their cry. I Pet. iii. 12. His ears are open to their 
prayers. 

\ er. 1 7. Tl • lighteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth 
them out of ail their troubles. 

Pjov. XV. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the 
Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight, 

Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked, but he heareth the 



pray 



er oi the ric-hteous. 



1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that men pray every where, lifting up holy 



iiands without wrath and doubting. 



The prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 



James v. 16. 

CLXIIL Of the divine bifluence in prayer^ the Spirit^ s assistance. 
Ps. 10. 17. Lord, thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 
car to hear. 

Ixxx. 18. Quicken us, and we will call on thy name. 

Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the 
Inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, Sec. 

xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is refined, and 1 will try them 
as gold is tried, and they shall call on my name and I will hear them, 
1 will say it is my people, and they shall say the Lord is my God. 

Rom. viii. 1 5. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we 
cry, Abba Father. 

Ver. 26. The Spirit hclpeth our infirmities, for we know not what 
to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit maketh intercession for us 
with groanings which cannot be uttered. 

Ver. 27. And he that searcheth the heart knoweth the mind of 
the Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into your hearts crying, Abba Father. 

F>ph. vi. 18. Prayini? with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. 

Jude ver. 20. Praying in the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. xiv. 15. 

CLXIV. Praijer is to be made i?i the name of Christ. John xiv. 13. 
Jesus said, whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do unto 
you. 

Ver. 1 4. That the Father may be glorified in the Son. 

xvi. 23. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will 
give it you. 

Ver. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name, ask and ye 
shall receive that your joy may be full. 

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the 
»ame of the Lord Jesus. See Heb. iv. 14, 16. Dan. ix. 18. 

CLXV. Prayer ?nust be made in faith. Matt. xxi. 22. All things 
T/hutsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive* 



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John XV. 7. If ye abick in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall 
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

Eph. iii. 12. In whom (Christ) we have boldness and access by 
the faith of him. Heb. iv. 16. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a ti-ue heart in full assui*ance 
of faith. 

xi. 6. He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he 
is a rewarder of them that -diligently seek. him. 

James i. 6. Ask in faith nothing wavering. Ver. 7. Luke xii. 29. 

v. 15. The prayer of faith shall save the sick. Jude ver. 20, 

CLXVI. With sine eriti/ of heart. Ps. xvii. 1. Give ear unto my 
prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips. 

XXV. 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

Ixii. 6. Pour out your heart before God, he is a refuge for us. 

cxlv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him in truth. 

Jer. xxix. 13. The Lord said ye shall find me when ye shall search 
for me with all your heart. Ver. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 15. 

Lam. iii. 41. Let us lift up our heart, with our hands to God in 
the heavens. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a pure heart, £cc. Job xi. 13. 

CLXVII. With love to God, Ps. xci. 14. The Lord said, because 
he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. 

Ver. 15. He shall call upon me and I will answer him. 

CLXVIII. With the fear of God. Ps. cxlv. 19. The Lord will ful- 
fil the desire of them that fear him, he also will hear their cry, and 
will save them. 

CLXIX. With obedience to God. Isa. Ivi. 6. The sons of the stran- 
ger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the 
name of the Lord, and to be his servants, every one that keepeth the 
sabbath from polluting it and taketh hold" of my covenant. 

Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and will 
make them joyful in my house of prayer, their burnt-oiVerings and 
their sacrifices shall be accepted on mine altar. 

John ix. 31. If any man be a v/orshipper of God and doth his will, 
him he heareth. 

1 John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, we receive of bim, because 
we keep his commandments and do those things that a.re pleasing in 
his sight. 

Prov. xxviii. 9. He that turneth av/ay his ear from hearing the 
law, even his prayer shall be an abomination. 

CLXX. With humilitiij confession and turning from sin. 2 Chron. 
vii. 14. If my people shall humble themselves and pray and seek my 
face, and turn from their v/icked ways, then will I hear from heaven 
and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Ch. ^i. 26, to ver 
40. 1 Kings viii. 37, to ver. 50. 

xxxiii. 12. Manasseh humbled himself and prayed, and God \va,s 
intreated. Ver. 13, 

Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of th.e humble. 
X. 17. Lord thou hast heard the de.sire of the humble. 
Jer. xxxvi. 6. Go read the words of the Lord, in the ears of the 
people. 



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Chap. XIV. 



Jer. xxxvi. 7. It may be, they will present their supplication before 
the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way, for great ib 
the anger and fury that the Lord hath pronounced against them. 

Luke xviii. 9 to 15. See the humble publican's prayer accepted. 
See more instances of the prayers of penitent returning sinners 

heard. Judg. iii. 7, 8, 9, 12, 15. — iv. 1, 3 vi. 1, 7, 10 to 16. — xi. 33. 

1 Sam. vii. 4 to 11. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17, 25. Ps. xxxii. 5. Acts ix. 11. 

CLXXL Willi forgiveness towards mat. Matt. v. 24. Be reconci- 
led to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 

vi. 12. After this manner pray ye, forgive us our debts as we for- 
give our debtors. 

Ver. 14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Fa- 
ther will also forgive you. 

Ver. 15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will 
your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. xi. 25, 26. 

Luke vi. o7 . Forgive and ye shall be forgiven. Col. iii. 13, 

1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray without wrath. 

CLXXII. With alms and good works. Isa. Iviii. 7. Deal thy bread 
to the hungry, bring the poor that are cast out to thine house, when 
thou seest the naked cover him, &c. 

Ver. 9. Then shalt thou call and the Lord will answer. 

Acts x. 2. Cornelius a devout raian, and one that feared God, with 
all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to 
God alway. 

Acts X. 3. He saw an angel coming unto him, saying unto him, 

Ver. 4. Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a 
memorial before God. See Prov. xxi. 13. 

CLXXIIL Prayer must be frequent.^ fervent and importunate. Ps.. 
V. 3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord, in the morn- 
ing will 1 direct my prayer to thee, and will look up. 

Iv. 17. Evening and morning and at noon will I cry aloud, and he 
shall hear my voice. 

Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I have cried unto thee 
daily. 

Ixxxviii. 1 . O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and 
night before thee. 

Ver. 9. I have called daily upon thee. 

Ver. 13. Unto thee have I cried, O Lord, in the morning shall my 
prayer prevent thee. 

cxvi. 2. He hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call up- 
on him as long as I live. Ver. 13, 17. 

cxix. 147. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried unte 
ihce. 

Ver. 167. Seven times a day do I praise thee. 

Dan. vi. 10. Daniel kneeled' upon his knees three times a day, and 
prayed and gave thanks. Ver. 11. 

Matt. xxvi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God with fastings and prayers night and 
day. 1 Tim. v. 5. 

V. 33. The disciples of John fast often and make prayers. 

vi. 12. Jesus continued all night in prayer to God. 



Chap. XIV. Prayer. 235 

Luke xviii. 1. Jesus spake a parable that men ought always to pray 
and not to faint. Ch. xi. 5 to 15. 

Acts i. 4. The apostles continued with one accord in prayei* and 
supplication. 

ii. 42. The primitive Christians continued stedfastly in the apostle^ 
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread and in prayers. 

vi. 4. The apostles said, we will give ourselves continually to 
prayer^ and to the ministry of the word. 

X. 2. Cornelius prayed to God always. Ver. 51. 

xii. 5. Prayer was made without ceasing of the church for Peten 

Rom. xii. 12. Continue instant in prayer. 2 Thess. v. 7. Pray 
without ceasing. 

1 Cor. vii. 5. Give yourselves to fasting and prayer. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and' watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplications 
for all saints. 

Col. iv. 2. Continue in prayer, and v\^atch in the same. 

1 Thess. iii. 10. Night and day praying exceedingly. 

Heb. V. 7. In the days of his flesh Christ offered up prayers and 
supplications, with strong crying and tears, and was heard. 

1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of all things is at hand, be ye therefore so- 
ber and watch unto prayer. Eph. vi. 18. See more instances, 1 Sani, 
i. 10, 12. Matt. xxvi. 44. 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8, 9. 

CLXXIV. Prayers and tears. See Heb. v. 7. in the former section. 

2 Kings XX. 2, 3. Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. 
Ver. 5. Thus saith the Lord to Hezekiah, I have heard thy pray- 
er, I have seen thy tears, behold I will heal thee. Isa. Xxxviii. 5. 

Jer. xxxi. 9. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications 
will I lead them, I will cause them to walk in a straight way wherein 
they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is 
my first-born. Ver. 12. See Job xvi. 20. Psal. vi. 7, 8, 9.— -xxxix* 
12. — xiii. 3, 4. — Ivi. 8, 9. Acts xx. 19. 

CLXXV. Private Prayer, Matt. vi. 6. Yv^hen thou prayest, enter 
Into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father 
which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in ^cret shall reward 
thee openly. 

xiv. 23. Jesiis, when he had sent the multitude away, went up unto 
a mountain to pray, and was there alone. Luke vi. 12. 

xxvi. 36. Jesus saith to his disciples, sit ye here till I go and pray 
yonder. 

Ver. 39. And he vrent a little farther and fell on his face and pi*ay- 
ed. Ver. xlii. 44. 

Mark i. 35. In the morning Jesus rising up a great while before 
day, went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 

Luke V. 16. Jesus withdrew himself into the wilderness and pray- 
ed. Ch. ix. 18. 

Acts X. 9. Peter v/ent up to the house top to-pray. Ver. 30. 

CLXXVI. Pvhlic firayer^i being apart of fiublic %vorshifi. 1 Kings 
viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth, behold the heaven, 
and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. 

Ver. 28. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant. 

Ver- 29, That thine eves raav be open toward this house night 



230 Prayer, ChaP. XIV. 

and dav) even toward the plsicc of which thou hast said my name shall 
be there. 

1 Kings viii. 30. Hearken unto the supplication of thy servant and 
of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, and hear 
thou in heaven and forgive. 

2 Chron. vii. 12. I have chosen this place to myself for a house 
of sacrifice. 

Ver. 15. Mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the 
prayer that is made in this place. 

Ps. Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the 
dwellings of Jacob. 

cxvi. 18. I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all 
his people. 

Ver. 19. In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O 
Jerusalem. 

Isa. Ivi. 7. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer, their 
burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; 
for mine house shall be called the house of prayer for all people. 

Zech. viii. 21. Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord. 

Joel i. 14. Call an assembly, gather the elders, and call the inha- 
bitants of the land, unto the house of the Lord your God, and cry 
unto the Lord. Ver. 19. Neh. xi. 17. 

ii. 15. Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. 

Ver. 16. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble 
the elders, gather the children and those that suck the breasts. 

Ver. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between 
the porch and the altar, and let them say, spare thy people, O Lord, 

Matt, xviii. 19. If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them, of my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Ver. 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my 
name, there am I in the midst of them. 

Heb. X. 25. Not forsaking the assembling yourselves together as 
the manner of some is. See instances, Luke i. 10. Acts i. 14.; — ii. 4- 
46.— iii. 1. — xvi. 13. 

CLXXVII. Directions concerning the words or ejcjiressions to be 
used in prayer. 

Eel. V. I. Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God, 
and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools. 

Ver. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be 
[ hasty to utter any thing before God, for God is in heaven and thou 

i upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. 

; Hos. xiv. 2, Take with you words, and turn to the Lord, and say 

' unto him, take away all iniquity, and recei\ e us graciously ; so will 

we render the calves of our lips. 

Matt. vi. 7. Use not vain repetitions as the heathen do. See 1* 
Kings xviii. 26, 27. 

1 Cor. xiv. 14. If I pray in an unkno^AU tongue mine understand- 
ing is unfruitful. 

Ver. 19. In the clmrch I had rather speak five words with my un- 
derstanding, that by my voice I might teach others, than ten thou- 
sand words in an unknown tongue. 



Chaf. XIV. Prauer. 23r 



CLXXVIII. Of the gestures of body used i7i prayer. The hands lifted 
up, spread abroad, spread forth, so prayed Moses. Exod. ix. 29. Da- 
vid. Ps. Ixiii. 4. Solomon. I Kings viii. 22. The church. Isa. i. 15. 

Standing, so prayed Phinehas. Judg. xx. 28. Solomon. 1 Kings 
viii. 22. The humble publican. Luke x. 11, 13. 

Kneeling, so prayed Solomon. 2 Chron. vi. 13. Jesus Christ. Luke 
xxii. 41. Saint Paul. Acts xx. 36. — xxi. 5. Daniel. Dan. vi. 10. Ste= 
phen. Acts vii. 60. Peter Acts ix. 40. See Ps. xcv. 6. 

Falling on the face, so prayed Moses. Deut. ix. 18, 25. David 
and the elders. 1 Chron. xxi. 16. Job. Job i. 20. Ezekiel. Ezek. ix. 
8. Jesus Christ. Matt. xxvi. 39. 

Sitting, so prayed David. 2 Sam. vii. 18. Nehemiah. Neh. i. 4. 
Head uncovered. 1 Cor. xi. 4. 

CLXXIX. The things to be hrayed for being as numerous and va- 
rious as the gifts of God for the sufifily of the wants of man spiritual 
and temporal^ they cannot be fill y exhibited under ihis head. However 
a few of the principal of them may be set forth i7i the following order. 

CLXXX. The Lord' sprayer as to words^matter^ andmethA, affords 
a good^ though britf model of things to be prayed for. 

Matt. vi. 9. After this manner pray ye, our Father ^vhich art in 
heaven, See. 

CLXXXL Spiritual blessings^ wisdom and grace to he asked. Ps. 
ix. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts 
to wisdom. Jam. i. 5. It any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, and 
it shall be given him. 

2 Chron. i. 10, .1, 12. See Solomon's prayer for wisdom accepted. 

Matt. vi. 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteous^ 
ness. 

Luke xi. 13. If ye know how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
dren, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spi- 
rit to them that ask him ? Matt, vii. 1 1 . 

1 Cor. xii. 31. Covet earnestly the best gifts, 

xiv. i. Desire spiritual gifts. 

Col. iii. 1 . Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth 
on the right hand of God. 

\'er. 2. Set your affections on things above, not on things on 
earth. 

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

CLXXXH. Tor such earthly things as are agreeable to God*s willi 
and with submission to it. 

Example. Luke xxii. 42. Jesus prayed, Father, if thou be willing, 
remove this cup from me, nevertheless not my will but thine be 
done. Matt. xxvi. 39. Not as I will, but as thou wilt. 

1 John V. 14. If we ask any thing according to his will he hearetli 
us. Ver. 15. See 2 Sum. vii. 27. 

James iv. 3. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that 
ye may consume it upon your lusts. 

CLXXXHL Tor daily bread. Matt vi. 11. Give us this day our 
daily bread. 

i Tim. iv. 5. Every creature of God is good ; it is sanctified by the 
word of Goil an<J prayer. See 1 Kings viii. ?>7 , 38. 2 Chron. vii. 13, 



23y Prayer, Chap. XIV. 

CLXXXIV. -For health and deliverance from sickness, 2 Kings xx. 
2. Hezekiah prayed to the Lord in his sickness. 

Ver. 5. Thus saith the Lord, [to Iiim] I have heard thy prayers, 
I have seen thy tears, I will heal thee. Isa. xxxviii. \. 

Ver. 7. Isaiah said, take a lump of figs, and they took, and laid it 
on the boil, and he recovered. 

Job xxxiv. 28. God heareth the cry of the afflicted. Isa. xxvi. 16. 

Acts xxviii. 8. Publius lay sick of a fever, to whom Paul entered 
In and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him. 

James v. 13. Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray. 

Ver. 14. Is any sick? let him send for the eiders of the church, 
and let them pray over him. 

Ver. 15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick. 

2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease sought not to the Lord, but to 
the physicians. 

CLXXXV. The jirayer of the fioor heard, Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor 
man cried, the Lord heard and delivered him out of all his distresses. 

Ixxii. 12. God shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor 
alsDi and him that hath no helper. Job xxxiv. 28. 

cii. 7. The Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 
despise their prayer. 

See prayers for deliverance from enemies, for deliverance from 
trouble. 

CLXXXVI. Inter cessary prayer^ or firayerfor others. 

CLXXXVII. For whom ive ought to pray, 1 iim. ii. 1. I exhort 
that supplications, prayers and intercessions, and giving thanks be 
made for all men. 

CLXXXVIII. For the church of God. Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the 
peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. 

Isa. Ixii. 6. Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence. 

Ver. 7. Give him no rest till he establish, and till he make Jeru- 
salem a praise in the earth. 

Matt- ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will send 
forth labourers into his harvest. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication for 
all saints. 

James v. 1 6. Pray one for another. 

1 John V. 16. Pray for a brother that sinneth. 

CLXXXIX. Instances of such firayers, Ps. li. 18. Do good in thy 
g;ood pleasure to Zion, build thou the walls of thy Jerusalem. 

Ixxx. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts, look down 
from heaven, and behold and visit this thy vine. 

cxviii. 25. O Lord, I beseech thee send prosperity. 

cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy pa- 
laces. 

Ps. cxxxii, 9. Let thy priests be cloathed v/ith righteousness, and 
let thy saints shout for joy. 

Ver. 16. I win also cloath her priests with salvation, and her saints 
shall shout aloud for joy. 

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive, I be'seccb thee, by whom shall 
Jacob arise, for he is small ? 



Chap. XIV. Prayer, "' 239 

Hab. iii. 2. O Lord revive thy work in the midst of the years, in 
the midst of the years make known ; in wrath remember mercy. 

Mutt, vi- 10. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, Sec 

See in Commandment 5th, the duties of ministers and people, Sec. 
tp pray one for another. 

CXC. For enemies. Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city whi- 
ther I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto 
the Lord for it. Ezra vi. 10. 

Matt. V. 44. Pray for them that despitefully use you and perse- 
cute you. 

CXCL Instances of such prayers. Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus upon the 
cross prayed for his persecutors, saying. Father forgive them ior 
they know not what they do. 

Acts vii. 60. Stephen prayed for them that put him to death, say- 
ing, Lord lay not this sin to their charge. 

2 Tim. iv. 16. Paul being forsaken by Christians in his distress 
said, I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 

See more instances of such prayers ; Abrdham for Abimelech. 
Gen. XX. 7, 14, 17. Moses for Pharaoh. Exod. viii. 8. — ix. 28. — 
— X. 18. Job for those who wronged him. Job xlii. 8, 9. David 
for his enemies. Ps. xxxv. 12, 13, 14. — cxli. 5. 

CXClI. Motives to prayer. It is a commanded duty. Ezek. xxvi. 
2^. Thus saith the Lord, I will be eno^uired of by the house of Israel. 

Matt vii. 7. Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, kc. 
John xvi 24. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known 
to God. 

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. 

CXCIII. God promiseth that he ivill hear prayer. Deut. iv. 7. What 
nation hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all 
things that we call upon him for ? 

Ps. Ixv. 2. O thou that hearest prayer, \into thee shall all flesh 
come. 

Ixxxvi. 5. Thou art good and ready to forgive, and plenteous in 
mercy to all that call upon thee. Rom. x. 12. 

Isa. xxx. 19. He will be gracious, at the voice of thy cry he will 
answer thee. 

ixv. 24. Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speak- 
ing I will hear, saith the Lord. 

Jer. xxix. 12. Ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken 
unto you, 

xxxiii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, call upon me, and I will answer 
thee. 

Joel ii; 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be 
delivered. Rom. x. 13. 

Zech. xiii. 9. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. 

Matt. vii. 8. Every one that asketh receiveth. Ver. 11. 

Rom. X. 12. The Lord is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. 
See Rev. v. 8 — viii. 3, 4 — Exod. xxii. 23, 27. 2 Chron. vii. 14. &c. 

See the qualifications of those whose prayers shall be heard, for 
t^o them the above promises do belong. 



240 Prayer, Chap. XIV 

CXCIV". DcclurutioHH of God that Iw hath heard prayer. 1 Kings 
ix. 3. The Lord said to Solomon, I have heard thy prayer. See Kings 
XX. 5. 2 Chron. vii. 12. Isa. xxxviii, 5. 

2 Kings xix. 20. 'i'hus saith the Lord to Hez(^kiah, that which 
thou hast prayed against the king of Assyria, I have heard. Ch. xxii. 
1.9. 2 Chr. xxxiv. 27. 

Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I have heard thee. 2 Chron. vi. 2. 
CXCV. The testimony of God's people that their prayers ivere heard* 
Dent. ix. 19. Moses said, the Lord liearkened to me. Ch. x. 10. 

xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God of our Fathers, the Lord heard 
our voice, and looked on our affliction and our labour, and our op- 
pression. Numb. XX. 16. 

2 Sam. xxii. 7. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried 
to my God, he heard my voice out of his holy temple, and my cry 
did enter into his ears. Ps. iii. 4. — xviii. 6. 

Ps. vi. 9. 'J he Lord hath heard my supplication, the Lord will re- 
ceive my prayer. Ver. 8. Ps. xxviii. 6. — xxxi. 22. 

xxii. 21. Thou hast heard me. Ver. 24. Ps. xl. 1. — cxviii. 21. — 
cxx. 1. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord, he heard me, and delivered me from 
all my fears. Ps. Ixi. 5. — Ixvi. 19. — ixxvii. 1. — cxvi. 1 to 4. — cxix. 
26. Lam. iii. 56. 

Jonah ii. 2. Out of the belly of hell I cried, and thou heardst my 
voice. 

John xi. 41. Jesus said, 1 thank thee that thou hast heard me. 

CXCVI. Their corfident expectations that their prayers shall be heard. 
Ps. iv. 3. The Lord will hear when I call on him. 

X. 17. Lord, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. 

Ps. xvii. 6. Thou wilt hear me, O God. Ps. xxxviii. 15. 

Iv. 17. I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice. 

CXCVIL lyicir entreaties that they may be heard. 2 Kings xix. 
16. O Lord bow down thine ear and hear, &cc, 

2 Chron. vi. 40. O God, I beseech thee, let thine eye be open and 
let tliine ears be attent to the prayer that is mude in this place. 
1 Kings viii. 30, 50. Neh. i. 6, 1 1. Ps. cxxx. 2. 

Ps. XV. 1. Give ear unto my words, O Lord. Ps. liv. 2. 

xvii. 1, 6. O God incline thine ear unto me. Ps. Iv. ^. — Ixxi. 2. — 
Jxxxvi. 6. — lxxx\iii. i. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Dan. ix. 18. 

xxxix. 12. Hear uiy prayer, give ear to my cry. Ps. IxxxJv. 4.— 
cxli. 1.— cxliii. i. 

Ps. iv. 1. Hear my prayer. Ps. xiii. 3 — xx. 12.— xxvii. 7. — xxx. 
10 — xxxvi. 16 — Jiv'. 2 — llv. 2.~lx. 5 — Ixi. 1 — Ixix. 13 — Ixxxiv. 
8 — cii. 1, 20, — cxli. 2.— cxliii. 1. Neh. iv. 4. Dan. ix. 19. 

CXCV HI. Tfuir gri(f at not being ansivered. Job xix. 7. I cry but 
urn not heard. Ch. xxx. 20. 

Ps. xxii. 2. I cry but thou hearest not. 

Ilab i. 2. How long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear ? 

CXCIX. Of the cjficacy of prayer. Miracles ivrought by it. Bitter 
waters made sweet. Exod. xv. 25. Waters brought out of a rock. 

Exod. xvii. 26. The sun and moon made to stand still. 

.los. X. 12, 13. The shadow made to return backward on a sun- 



Chap. XIV. Prayer, 241 

dial. 2 Kings xx. 11. The dead raised to life. 1 Kings xvii. 21, 22. 
2 Kings iv. 32, 35. Acts ix. 37, 40. Jonah delivered from the fish. 
Jonah ii. 1, 10. Rain withheld and given. Jam. v. 17, 18. 1 Kings 
xvii. 1, 18, 42, 45. Devils cast out by prayer and fasting. 

CC. Armies of enemies defeated^ and God's praying people delivered 
upon their prayer. Exod. ii. 23. The children of Israel (in Egypt) 
sighed by reason of their bondage, and they cried, and their cry cam.e 
up to God. Ch. iii. 7, 9. Numb. xx. 15, 16. 

xiv. 9. The Egyptians pursued after Israel and overtook them. 

Ver. 10. And they were sore afraid, and cried unto the Lord. 

Ver. 30. And the Lord saved Israel out of the hands of the Egyp- 
tians. Jos. xxiv. 7. Ps. cvi. 44. — cvii. throughout. 

Judg. iv. 13, 14, 15. Israel delivered from Jabin, and Sisera his 
captain. 

Judg. X. 6 to 16. Ch. xi. 33. 1 Sam. vii. 8, 10, 1 1. Israel deliver- 
ed from the Philistines. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Delivered from the Syrians. Ch. v. 6, 18. 

2 Chron. xiii. 14, 15. Delivered from Jeroboam. 

2 Chron. xiv. 2 to 12. Delivered from the Ethiopians. 
. 2 Chron. xxxii. 20, 22. Delivered from the Assyrian army. 2 Kings 
xviii. 3, See prayer with humility, confession and turning from sin. 
See also prayers of kings and prophets. Commandment 5th, which 
afford instances of prayer prevailing for deliverance from enemies. 

CCI. Prayers against evil from enemies. Deut. xxxiii, 7. Be thou 
an help to Judah against his enemies. 

Ps. iii. 1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble xne. 

Ver. 4. I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. 

V. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine 
enemies. 

vi. 7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief, it waxeth old because 
of all mine enemies. 

Ver. 10. Let them be ashamed. 

vii. 6. Lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies, 

xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly enemies. 

xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord, so shall I be delivered front 
mine enemies. Ver. 4, 5, 6, 40. 

Ps. xxvii. 1 1. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain 
path, because of mine enemies. 

Ver. 12. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies. 

XXX. 1. Thou hast not made my foes to rejoice over me ; I cried 
unto the Lord. 

Ver. 8. Lord be thou mine helper. Ver. 10. 

xxxi. 1 1. I was a reproach among all mine enemies. Ver. 15, 18. 
Ps. xxxviii. 19,21. — xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, deliver me ironk 
the hand of mine enemies. 

xliv. 4. O God command deliverance for Jacob, ^^e^. 5, 21, 

Iv. 1. Give ear to my prayer, O God, ver. 3. because of the voice, 
of the enemy. 

Ver, 18. He hath delivered my soul from battle that was against 
me. 

Ivi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back^ 

Hx. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O inv God. Ps. cxliii. 9. 



24.2 Praytr, Chap. XIV. 

Ps. cxliii. I . Hear my prayer, for the enemy hath persecuted my 
soul. 

Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews commanded the apostles not 
to speak nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

Ver. 24. The disciples prayed and said, Lord, behold their threat- 
enings, and grant unto thy servants, that with boldness they may 
speak thy word. 

Ver. 31. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where 
they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and spake the word of God with boldness. 

Rev. vi. 9. Under the altar in heaven John saw the souls of them, 
that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which 
they held. 

Ver. 10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, how long, O 
Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood upon 
them that dwell on the earth. See also, Ps. ix. 13 — x. 1, 24. — xiii. 2, 
3, 4. — XXV. 2, 19. — XXXV. 19. — xxxvi. 11 — xlii. 9, 10 — xliii. 2. — Ixi. 

3.— Ixiv. 1, — Ixvi. 12, 17, 19 Ixix. 12, 13, 18.— Ixxi. TO, 12. — Ixxiv. 

3, 10, 18, — lxxx.6. — Ixxxiii. 16. — Ixxxvi. 17. — Ixxxix. 42 — cii. 8. — 
cix. 1. — cxix. 98. — cxxxix. 157. — cxxxviii. 7. 

CCH. Prayer in trouble^ instances thereof. Neh. ix. 32. O God, let 
not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us. 

Ps. iv. 1 . Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness, thou 
hast heard me in distress. 

XX. 1 . The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble. 

xxii. 1 1 . Be not far from me for troul>le is near, for there is no 
man to help me. 

XXV. 17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged, O bring thou me 
out of my distress. 

Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 

XXX. 7. Thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled, I cried unto 
tlie Lord. 

Ver. 8. Thou hast girded me with gladness. Ver. 11. 

xxxi. 9. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. 

Ver. 10. My life is spent wath grief. 

xl. 1 . I waited for the Lord, he brought me out of a horrible pit. 
Ver. 2. 

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will'deliver thee. 

Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. 

Ps. Ixi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed. 

Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for 1 am in troul^le. 

Ixxi. 20. Thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles, thou wilt 
quicken me again. 

Ixxxvii. 2. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. 

Ver. 14. Thou art the God that doest wonders. 

Ixxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee. 

Ixxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will call upon thee, for thou wilt 
answer me. 

Ixxxviii. 2. Let my prayer come before thee, for I am full of trou- 
ble. Ver. 3. 

xci. 15. He shall call upon me, I vrill answer him, I will be with 
him in trouble. 



Chap. XIV. I'rayer. 243 

Ps. cii. 2. Hide not thy face from me, in the day when I am in 
trouble. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliver- 
ed them out of all their distresses. \ er. 13, 19, 28. 

cxvi. 3. I found sorrow and trouble. 

Ver. 4. Then called I on the name of the Lord, O Lord, I be- 
seech thee, deliver my soul. 

Ver. 7. The Lord dealt bountifully with me. 

Ps. cxviii. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress, and the Lord 
answered me. 

cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. 

cxxx. I. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 

Ver. 2. Lord hear my voice, let thine ears be attentive to the 
voice of my supplication. 

cxxxviii. 3. In the day wdien I cried thou answeredst me. 

Ver. 7 . Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me. 

Ver. 8. Forsake not the work of thine own hands. 

cxlii. 2. I poured out my complaint, I shewed before him my 
trouble. 

Ver. 3. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou 
knewest my path. 

cxiiii. 11. For thy righteousness sake, bring my soul out of trou- 
ble. Isa. xxvi. 16. O Lord in trouble have they visited thee, they 
poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 

xxxiii. 20. O Lord, be gracious unto us, be thou our salvation in 
time of trouble. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of 
trouble, why should thou be as a stranger in the land. Ver. 20. 

Lam. iii. 5 5. I called upon the name of the Lord, out of the low 
dungeon. 

Ver. 5 6. Thou heardst my voice. 

Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger said unto Jonah, arise and 
call upon thy God. 

CCIII. Of firayerleas jiersons>, or of not praying. Job xxi. 1 5. The 
wicked say, what is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and 
what profit shall we have if we pray unto him ? Mai. iii. 14. 

xxxvi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he bindeth them. 

Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of his countenance will 
not seek after God ? God is not in all his thoughts. 

xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat 
up my people as bread, and call not upon the Lord. Ps. iiii. 4. 

Isa. xiiii. 22. Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, thou hast 
been weary of me, O Israel, Sec. 

Ver. 28. Therefore have I profaned the princes of the sanctuary^ 
and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to the robbers. 

Jer. X. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, 
and upon the families that call not on thy name. Ps, Ixxix. 6. 

Dan. ix. 13. All this evil is come upon us, yet made we not our 
prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our ini- 
quities, and understand thy truth. 

Ver. 14. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and 
brought it upon us, 

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244 Prayer, Chap. X1V» 

Hos. vii. 7 . There is none among them that calleth unto me. 

Ver. 13. Woe mito them for they have fled from me. 

V'er. 14. They have not cried unto me, when they howled upon 
their beds. 

Zeph. i. 4, 6. I will cut off them that turned back from the Lord> 
and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired after him. 

James iv. 2. Ye have not because ye ask not. 

CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites* Ps. Ixxviii. 34. When God slew 
them then they sought him and enquired early after God. 

\^er. 36, Nevertheless they flattered him with their tongues. 

\'er. o7 . Their heart was not right with him. Ps. 1. 16. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their mouth they shew much love, but 
their heart goeth afier their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 14. Jer. xii. 2. 

Matt. vi. 6. When thou pray est thou shait not be ?is the hypocrites 
are, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in thq cor- 
ners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. 

XV. 8. This people dravvcth nigh unto me with their mouth, and 
honoureth me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.. 

Ver. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the 
commandments of men. 

xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, for ye devour widows houses, 
andffbr a pretence make long prayers. Mark xii. 40. 

CCV. Prayers of the ivicked not acceptable to God, Job xxxv. 13. 
God will not hear vanity. 

Ps. Ixvi. 11. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not 
hear me. 

cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become a sin. 

Prov. i. 27. When distress ana anguish cometh, then shall they 
call upon me, .but I will not answer, they shall seek me early but 
they shall not find me. 

Ver. 29. For that they hated knowledge, awl did not chuse the 
fear of the Lord. 

XV. 8. The sacrifjce of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. 
Ch. xxi. 27. 

Isa.i. 4. Ah 1 sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. 

Ver. 1 1 . 1 o what purpose is the muiutude of you sacrinces to me. 
saith the Lord ? 

Ver. 15. When ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes 
from you, when ye make many prayers I will not hear; your hands 
are full of blood. 

liv. 1. i he Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor 
his etir heavy that it cannot hear. 

Ver. 2. But your iniquities have separated between you and your 
Cjod, and your sins have hid his fc^ce from you that iie will not hear. 
Isa. Ixvi 3. 

Jer. vi. 19. Behold I v.ill biingevil upon this people, even the fruii 
of their thoughts, because they h..ve u. t heaikened unto my worcs 
nor to my law, but rejected it. 

Ver. 20. Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacri- 
fices sweet unto nie. Ch. vii. 20, 2 1, 22. Amos v. 22, 23. 

xi. 10. They are turned back to the iiiiqiiities of their iorc-futher.^ 
which refused to hear my words- 



Chap. XIV. Of praising God. 245 

Jer. xi. 11. Therefore thus saith the Lorci, 1 will bring evil upon 
them, and though they cry unto me I will not her.rken unto them. 

Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry nor 
prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto 
me for their trouble. See Ch. xiv. 11, 12. Ezek. viii. 18. Mic. iii. 4. 
Zech vii. 13. Job xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44. Matt. xv. 8, 9, John ix. 3 1 . 

The prayers of the wicked answered v/ith reproofs and threaten- 
ings. Ps. 1. 16. Jer. xxxii. 16 to 25, 44. — xxxvii. 3 to 6.— xlii. 2 to 
9. Zech, vii. 2, 4 to 14. 

OF PRAISING GOD. 

CC\ I. Fraise and thanks due unto God, and required by him from 
(he righteous, Exod. xv. I '■ . Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glori- 
ous in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. 

I Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. Ps. 
Tiiviii. 1. 

Ps. xivii. 7. God is King of all the earth, sing ye praises with un- 
derstanding. 

1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thv vovvs to the Most 
High. 

Ver. 23. Vvhoso offereth praise glorifieth me. 

Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious. 

Ver. 4. All the earth shall sing to thy holy name. 

Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name, extol him that 
rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah. 

Ver. 32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth. 

Ixix. 30. I will praise the name of God with a song, I will magni- 
fy him with thanksgiving. 

Ver. 31. This shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock. 

xcii. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing 
praises unto thy name, O Ivlost Hi?;!;. 

Ps. xcii. 2. To shew forth thy living kindness every morning, and 
thy fidthfulness every night. Ps. cxxxv. 3. 

xcvi. 2. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, shew forth his salva- 
tion from day to day. 

cvii. 32. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and de- 
clare his ^^-orks with rejoicing. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, his greatness 
is unsearchable. Ps. xcvi. 4. 

cl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 

Isa. xiii. S, My glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to 
graven images. 

xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the 
end of the earth. Ch. xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13. 

_ Phil.iv. 6. In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanks- 
giving, let your requests be made known to God. 

Col. ii.7. Abounciing in faith, with thanksgiving. 

iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which ye are 
called, and be ye thankful. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, to shew forth the praises 
of him that called vou. 



246 Praise, Chap. XIV. 

PRAISE. 

CCVII. Praises from the wicked unaccefitahle to God. Amos iv. 2. 
The Lord will take you away with hooks. 

Ver. 5. Offer a thanksgiving with leaven, for this liketh you. 

Ver. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth, and want of bread, &c. 

V. 22. Though ye offer burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, I will 
not accept them. 

Ver. 24. But let judgment run down like waters, Sec. 

Luke xviii. 1 1. The Pharisee said, God I thank thee, that I am not 
as other men. — yet he went not to his house justided. 

CC^'^in. The luicked unthankful. Rom. i. 21. When they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. Sec. 

2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be lovers of their own selves, Sec. unthank^ 
ful, unholy, &c. 

CCTX. Praise must be frequent. Ps. xxxiv. I . I will bless the Lord 
at aii times, his praise shall be continually in my mouth. 

XXXV. 28. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, and of thy 
praise aii the day long. 

Ps. Ixiii 4. 1 will bless thee while I live. 

cxi. \. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 

cxix. 1 64. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righte- 
ous judgments. 

CaIv. 2. Every day will I bless thee, and will praise thy name for 
ever and ever. 

C('X. With sincerity. Ps. cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my 
whole heart. 

I Cor. xiv. 15. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the 
understanding. Ps. xlvii. 7. 

Eph. V 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and 
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. 

Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 

CCXL God prepare th his peo/ile for his praise^ — or divine influen- 
ces therein. Ps. li. 15. O Lord open thou my lips, and my mouth shall 
shew forth thy praise. 

cxiii. i7\. My iips shall utter praise when thou hast taught thy 
law to me. 

Ver. 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. 

Isa. xliii. 2 1 . This people have I formed for m.yself, they shall shev/ 
forth my praise. 

Ixi. 11. The Lord will cause righteousness, and praise to spring 
forth. 

Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave unto me the whole house 
of Israel, and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord, that they 
might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and 
for a glory, but they would not hear. 

Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, and will 
pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned, and whereby 
they have transgressed against me. 

Ver. 9. And it shall be to me for a name of joy and praise, and an 
honour before all nations of the earth. Ver. 1 1 



Chap. XIV. Praise, 24f 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniquity, Sec. so will we render the 
calves of our lips. 

Matt. xxi. 16. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast 
perfected praise. Ps. viii. 2. 

CXII. Thanking God through Christ. Rom. i. 8. I thank my God 
through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of through 
the whole world. 

Rom. vii. 24. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death. 

Ver. 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Cor. 
XV. 57. who giveth us the victory, 2 Cor. ii. 14. which caus- 
eth us to triumph. 

Phil. i. 1 1. The fruits of righteousness are by Jesus Christ to the 
praise and glory of God. 

Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God 
continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 

Eph. V. 20. Give thanks always for all things unto God, and the 
Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CCXin. Praise is a part of public worship. Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises 
to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion, declare among the people his 
doings. 

Ver. 14. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, that I may shew forth 
thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. 

xxii. 22. In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 

Ver. 24. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation. 

Ps. xxvi. 8. O Lord, I have loved the habitations of thy house, 
and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 

Ver. 12. In the congregation will I bless the Lord. 

xxvii. 4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek af- 
ter, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 
to behold the beauty of the Lord, and enquire in his temple. 

Ver. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy, I will sing 
praises unto the Lord. 

XXXV. 18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation, I will 
praise thee among much people. 

xiii. 2. When shall I come and appear before God ? 

Ver. 5. I shall yet praise him. 

Ivii. 3. I vi^iil praise thee among the people, I will sing unto thee 
among the nations. 

Ver. 10. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth 
reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 3..^ — cix. 30. 

Ixv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. 

Ixxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in. thy house, they will be 
still praising thee. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, thy 
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 

Ver. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, 
to be had in reverence of all that are about him. 

xcv. 2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, £cc. 
Ver. 3. 

c. 4. «Enter his gates \Yith. thanksgiving, and his courts with. 
praise. 



248 Prakt. Chaia. XIV. 

Ps. cii. 2 I , Declare the name of the Lord m Zion, and his praise 
in Jerusalem. 

Ver. 22. When the people are gathered together to serve the 
Lord. 

cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, 
and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 

cxi. 1. I will prdse the Lord in the assembly of the upright. 

cxvi. 18. I Vvill pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of ail 
his people. 

Ver. 19. In the courts of the Lord's house. 

cxviii. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness, and I will go 
into them, and I will praise the Lord. 

cxxxiv. 2. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the 
Lord. 

cxxxv. 19. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel, bless the Lord, O 
house of Aaron. 

Ver. 21. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth in Je- 
rusalem, praise ye the Lord. 

cxxxviii. 1. I will praise thee with my whole heart, before the 
gods will I sing praise unto thee. See Neh viii. 6. — ix. 5. Ps. cxsvii. 
~7, 12. — cxlix. 1. — cl. 1, 2, 6. Isa. ixiv. 1 1. Heb. ii. 12. Rev. vii. 12. 

See regulations made for the order of public thanks and praise 
1 Chron. xvi. 4, 7. — Tvxiii. 30. — xxix. 13 to 20. Ps. cv. 1. 2 Chron 
V. 13. Neh. xi. 17 — xii. 8, 24, &c. 

CCXIV. Of singm^- the firaises ff God, Job xy^xxui 6, When the 
foundations of the earth were laid, 

Ver. 7. The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy. 

Ps. xiii. 6. I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt boun- 
tifully with me. 

xviii. 49. I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, 
and sing praises unto thy name. Rom. xv. 19. 

xxi. 13, Be thou exalted in thine own strength, so will we sing 
and praise thy power. Ps. lix. 16, 17. 

XXX. 4. Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, give thanks at the 
remembrance of his holiness. Ver. 12, Ps. vii. 17. 

xxxiii. 3. Sing unto him a new song, play skilfully with a loud 
noise. 

li. 14. I will sing aloud of thy righteousness- Ver. 15. 

Ixvii. 4. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy. Ps. ix. 2, 1 1. 
— Xiii 4. — l.sxxi. 1.— xcv. 1, 2 — xcvi. 1, 2 — xcviii. 8, 9. — c. 2. 

Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever. Ps. Ixi. 
7, 8.— ci. 1. — cviii 3. 

civ. 33. I will sing unto my God while I have being. Ps. Ixxv. 9. 
— cxlvi. 2. Isa. xxxviii. 20. 

cv. 2. Sing psalms unto him, talk of all his wondrous works. 

cxxxviii. 5. Kings of the earth shall sing in the ways of the Lord, 
for great is the glory of the Lord. 

cxlvii. 1, 7, 8, 9. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, who co- 
vereth the heaven with clouds, who giveth the beast his food. 

cxlix. 1, Sine: unto the Lord a new soncr. Ps. cxliv. 9. 



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Ps. cxlix. 5. Let the saints be joyful in glory, let them sing aloud 
upon their beds. 

Ver. 6. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth. 

Isa. xii. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things. 

xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the majesty of the Lord. 

xxyi. 19. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust, for thy dew 
is as the dew of herbs. 

XXXV. 6. The tongue of the dumb shall sing. 

Ver. 10. The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion 
with songs, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. Ch. li. 11. 

xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the 
end of the earth. 

Ver. i2. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise 
in the islands. 

xlviii. 20. Go forth with the voice of singing, the Lord hath re- 
deemed his servant Jacob. 

Isa. xiix. 13. Sing O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, for the 
Lord hath comforted his people. Ch. xiv. 23.— lii. 9. — iv. 12. Ps. 
cxxvi. 1, 2. 

Acts xvi. 25. At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung praises 
to God in the prison. 

James v. 13 Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. 

CCX V. The subjects ofprai&e and thanks to God ai'e so many and -va- 
rious that they cannot be enumerated. Let therefore a brief view of the 
principal of them suffice under the folloKving heads^ -viz. 

God's goodness and mercy ^ and acts thereof toivards mankind* Ps. xvi. 
7. I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel. 

Ps. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart 
trusted in him and I am helped, therefore my heart gretitly rejoiceth, 
and with my song will I praise him. 

xxxiii. 2. Praise the Lord. \"er. 5. The earth is full of his good- 
ness. 

xlii. 5. I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Ivii. 9. I will praise thee, O Lord. Ver. 10. For thy mercy is great 
unto the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 
3, 4.__ 

Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving-ldndness is better than life my lips shall 
praise thee. Ver. 5. Ch. cxxxviii. 1,2. 

Ixvii. 1. God be merciful unto us. and bless us, and cause thy face 
to shine upon us. Ver. 3. And let the people praise thee, O God. 

Ixviii. 19. Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us v, ith his bene- 
fits, even the God of our salvation. 

Ver. 35. The God oi' Israel is he, that giveth strength and power 
to his people, blessed be God. 

Ixxi. 6, By thee have I been holden up from the womb, thou art 
he that took me out of my mother's bovvcls. 

Ver. 8. My praise shall be continually of thee. 

Ver. 14. 1 will hope continualiv and prai:-e thee m.ore and more* 
Ver. 23. 

ixxxvi. 12. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, \^ith all my heart, 
thy name for evermore. 



250 Praise. Chap. XIV. 

Ps. Ixxxvi. 13. For great is thy mercy toward me, and thou hast 
delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 

Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever. Ver. 2. 

c. 4. Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 

Ver. 5. For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his 
truth to all generations. Ps. cxvii. 1, 2. 

ciii. 2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 

Ver. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy 
diseases. 

cvi. 1. Praise ye the Lord, O give thanks unto the Lord, for he 
is good, for his mercy endureth for ever. Ps. xlvii. 48. — cvii. 1, 8, 
15^ 21, 31. 

Isa. xii. 2. The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song, he al- 
so is become my salvation. 

Ver. 4. Praise the Lord, declare his doing among the people, 
make mention that his name is exalted. 

Ver. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things. 

Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving kindness of the Lord, &:c. See 
also Ps. cxii. 1, 4.— cxv. 12, 18. — cxviii. 19, 21, 28, 29. — cxxxiv. 1, 
2, 3. — cxxxv. 2, 3, 14, 19. — cxxxviii. 2, 4. — cxlv. 1, 8, 9. — cxlvi. I, 
8, 10. — cxlviii. I, 7, 14. Jer. xxxiii. 11. 

CCXVI. For Christ. Luke i. 68. Blessed be the God of Israel, 
for he hath visited and redeemed his people. 

Ver. 69. He hath raised up an horn of salvation for us. 

Ver. 70. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 
, ii. 10. The angel said, behold I bring you glad tidings of great 

joy- 

Ver. 11. Unto you is born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 
Isa. ix. 6. 

Ver. 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of 
the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 

Ver. 14. Glory to God in the highest, peace and good will toward 
men. 

Ver. 28. Simeon (at seeing Christ) blessed God. 

Ver. 29. And said, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. 

Ver. 30. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. 

Ver. 31. Which thou hast prepared befpre the face of all people. 

Ver. 32. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy 
people Israel. Luke ii. 38. — xxiv- 52, 53. 

2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks to God for his unspeakable gift. 

CCXVII. For blesshigs from God by and through Christ, 1 Cor. i. 
4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which 
js given you by Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 5. That in every thing ye are enriched by him, so that ye 
•: ome behind in no gift. 

XV. 57, Thanks to God who giveth us the victory, through our 
Lord Jesus Ciirist. 

2 Cor. ii. 14. Thanks to God who always causeth us to triumph in 
v?.hrist. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christy 
who hath blessed us with ajl spiritual blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ. 



Chap. Xiy. Praise, 251 

Eph. i. 4. According as he hath chosen usm him before the foun^ 
elation of the world. . , , , j 

Ver. 6. And hath made us- accepted m the beloved. 

1 Pet. i. ^* Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again 
to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 

Ver. 4. To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth 
not away, reserved in heaven for you. Rom. i. 8 — vii. 25. 

CCXVIII. For God's will reuealed. Matt. xi. 25. Jesus said, I 
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast 
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 

CCXIX. For the obedience and faith of Christians, as owing to God. 
Rom. vi. 17. God be thanked ye have obeyed from the heart, that 
form of doctrine which was delivered unto you. 

2 Cor. viii. 16. Thanks be to God, which put the same earnest 
care into the heart of Titus for you. 

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and love to all the saints, 

Ver. 16. I ceased not to give thanks for you, making mention of 
you in my prayers. 

Phil. i. 3. I thank God upon every remembrance of you. 1 Cor, 
i. 4. 

Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

- Ver. 4. Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the 
love which ye have to all the saints. 

1 Thess. ii. 13. We thank God without ceasing, because when ye 
received the word of God, ye received it not as the v/ord of men, 
but (as it is in truth) the word of God. 

iii. 9. 'What thanks can we render to God for you, for the joy 
wherewith we joy for your sakes before God. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, 
because that your faith grov/eth exceeding'ly, and the charity of eve- 
ry one of you toward each other aboundeth. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me, for 
that he counted me faithful, puittng me into the ministry. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I thank God whom I serve with a pure conscience, 
that without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers. 

2 Cor. ix. 11. God thanked for charitable contribntions of saints 
to others in distress. 

CCXX. For God's care of his church, Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises to 
the Lord which dwelleth in Zion. 

Ver. \5. The heathen are bunk down in the pit that they made. 

ixix. 30. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will mag- 
nify him with thanksgiving, Ver. 35. For God will save Zion. 

cii. 16. Vv^hen the Lord shall build Zion he shall appear in his 
glory. 

Ver. 18. And tlie people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. 

cxlvii. 1,2. Praise the Lord—The Lord doth buiki up Jerusalem. 

Ver. 12. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, praise thy God, O Zion. 

Ii 



2'52 Pratsc. ChAP. XIV. 

Ps. cxlvii. 13. For he hath strengtheaed the bars of thy gates, he 
hath blessed thy children Avithiu thee. 

V'er. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with 
the finest of the wheat. Ps. cxlix. I to 6. See xli. 9, 10. — cxlvi. 1, 7» 

8, 9, 10. Isa. xii. 1, 2.— li. 3 Ix. 6, 8, 9. — Ixiii. 7, 8, 9. Jer. xxx, 

18, 19. Acts ii. 47. 

CCXXI. For God^s great and marvellous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. That 
I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell all thy wondrous 
works. Ps. cxlv. 4, 10. 

Ixvi. 1. Make a joyful noise unto God all ye lands. 

Ver. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name, and make his praise 
glorious. 

Ver. 3. Say unto him, how terrible art thou in thy works. 

Ixxv. Unto thee, O God, we do give thanks, for that thy name is 
near, thy wondrous works declare. 

civ. I. Bless the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, thou art very 
great, thou art cloathed with honour and majesty. 

Ver. 24. How manifold are thy works 1 in wisdom thou hast made 
them all. 

cvii. 32. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and de- 
clare his works with rejoicing. Ver. 8. 

cxi. 1. I will praise the I^ord with my whole heart, the works of 
the Lord are great. 

Ver. 2. His work is most honourable and pure. Ver. 3. 

cxxxix. 14. I will pi-aise thee, for 1 am fearfully and wonderfully 
made, marvellous are tliy works. Rev. xv. 3. 

Ps. ci. 1. Praise the Lord. Ver. 2. Praise him for his mighty acts, 
praise him accordinf^ to his excellent greatness. 

Ver. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 

cxlviii. 5. Praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and 
they were created. 

Isa. xiii. 12. Let him give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise 
in the islands. See Ps. ix. 1. — xl. 5. — Ixviii. 4, 26, 33. — Ixxiii. 28. — 
ixxviii. 4. — ixxxvi. 8 — xcii. 5. — cv. 5. 
CCXXI L For God's marvellous acts upon the bodies and minds of men. 

Dan. iv. 34, 37. Nebuchadnezzcr praised God for being restored 
to the use of reason. 

Jonah ii. 8, 9. Jonah for his being delivered from the fish. 

Luke i. 64. Zacharias for his being restored to the use of his speech. 

xviii. 43. The blind for being restored to the use of sight. 

Acts iii. 8. The Lame for being healed. 

Isa. xxxviii. 20. Hezekiah praised God for his re covery from sick- 
ness. See Ps. cxviii. 19, 21. 

CCXXIII. For daily bread. Deut. viii. 10. vV lien thou hast eaten 
and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God. 

isa. Ixii. 8. They that have gathered in the corn and wine, shall 
eat and praise the Lord. 

Joel ii. 26. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the 
name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wonderously with you. 

Mark viii. 6. Jesus took the ^.evcTl loaves and gave thanks. Joiuj 
vi. 11,23. 



Chap. XIV.- Praise. 253 

Acts xMvii. 55. Paul took bread and g:avc thanks. 

Rom. xiv. 6. He that eateth to the Lord, giveth God thanks. 

1 Tim. iv. 3. ir'Ieats God hath created to be received with thanks- 
giving- of them that know the truth. 

Ver. 4. Every creature of God is good, if it be received with 
thanksgiving. See 1 Cor. x. 30, 31. 

CCXXIV. Fo7' deliverance from trouble and affiiction, Ps. xxii. 23. 
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him, all ye seed of Jacob glorify him, 
aiid fear him all ye seed of Israel. 

Ver. 24. For he hath not despised the affliction of the afflicted, 
neitiier hath he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, 
he heard. 

XXX. 1 1 . Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing, thou 
hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. 

Ver. 12. O Lord my God, I will 'give thanks to thee for ever. 

xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praises shall be con- 
tinually in my mouth. 

Ver. 4. He delivered m.e from all my fears. 

xlii. 1 i. I shall praise hini; who is the health of my countenance 
and my God. Ps. xk 2. 

liv. 6. I will praise the Lord for it is good. 

Ver. 7. For he hath delivered me out of all trouble. 

Ivi. 12. I will render praise unto thee, for thou hast delivered my 
soul from death. Ps. cxvi. 8. 

Ixvi. 8. O bless our God, ye people, make the voice of his praise 
to be heard. 

Ver. 9. Who holdeth our souls in life, and suffcreth not our feet 
to be moved. 

fiicii. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to 
sing praise unto the name of the Most High. Ver. 2, 3. 

Ver. 4. For thou Lord hast made me glad through my works. See 
Ps. xxvi. 12. — xxxi. 7, 21., — cxlii. 7. — cxiiv. 7, 9. 

CCXXV. For deliverance from enemies. Gen. xiv. 20. Melchise- 
deck said to Abraham, blessed be the most high God, that hath de- 
livered thine enemies into thine hand. 

Exod. xviii. 10. Jethro said, blessed be the Lord who hath deliver- 
ed you out of the hand of the Egyptians. See Exod. xv. 1 to 22. Ps. 
Ixxviii. 4, 12. 

Deut. X. 21. The Lord, he is thy praise, he is thy God, which 
hath done for thee these great and terrible things, vrhich thine eyes 
have seen. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2. The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and ray de- 
liverer. Ps. xviii. 3. 

Ver. 47. Blessed be ray rock, and exalted be the God of my sal- 
vation. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good. Ps^ 
cvii. I. — cxviii. 1. — cxxxvi. 1. 

1 Chron. xvi. 35. Say ye, save us, O God of our salvation, and ga- 
ther us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give 
thanks to thy holy nanae, and glory in thy praise. 

Ver. 36. The people said, Amen, praised be the Lord. 



254 Praise, Chap. XIV. 

Ps. vii. 6. Arise, O Lord, lift up thyself, because of mine enemies. 

Ver. 10. My defence is of God, who saveth the uprit^ht in heart. 

Ver. 17. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness, and 
sing praise to the name of the Most High. Ps. ix. 2. 

ix. 1. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, and shew forth 
thy marvellous works. 

Ver. 2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. 

Ver. 3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and 
perish at thy presence. Ver. 14. 

xxi. 8. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies. 

Ver. 13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength, so will wc 
sing and praise thy power. 

xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword. 

Ver. 25. My praise shall be of thee. Ps. xxxv. 18, 28. 

XXX. 1. I v/ili exalt thee, O Lord, for thou hast lifted me up, and 
hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 

Ver. 12. 1 will give thanks unto thee for ever and ever. 

xKi. 9. Why go I mourning, because of the oppression of the 
enemy. 

Ver. 11. O my soul, hope in God, for I shall yet praise him. 

xliii. I. O God, plead my cause against the ungodly — I will praise 
thee. Ver. 4. 

xliv. 7. Thou hast saved us from our enemies, and put them to 
shame that hated us. 

Ver. 8. In Qod we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for 
ever and ever. > 

Ivi. 4. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust. 

Vpr. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back. 

Ivii. 3, He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproach 
of him that would swallow me up. 

Ver. 5. Be thou exalted, Lord, above the heavens, and let thy glo- 
ry be above the earth. 

Ver. 7. 1 will sing and give praise. 

Ixi. 3. Tjiou hast been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the 
^Uemy. 

Ver. 8. I will sing praise to thy name for ever. 

|xxi. 10. Mine enemies spake against me, and they that 'wait for 
^j soul took counsel together, &;c. 

Ver. 22. I will praise thee, my God, O thou holy one of Israel. 

Ver. 24. My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness all the day 
long, for they are brought into shame that seek my hurt. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. 
, Ver. J 3. So we Aviil give thee thanks for ever and ever, and v^^ill 
shew forth thy praise to all generations. 

xcviii. 3. The Lord hath made known his salvation, his righteous- 
ness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 

\ er. 4. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, aii the earth, rejoice 
atid sing his praise. 

cxi. 6c He hath shev/ed his people the povvcr of his works, that he 
may give them the heritage of the heathen. 



Chap. XIV. HonGurin^ God. 255 



Ps. cxi. 9. He sent redemption unto his people. 

Ver. 10. His praise endureth for ever. 

cxxiv. 2. Men rose up against us. 

Ver. 6. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us a prey to 
their teeth. 

Rev. xix. 1. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, say- 
ing, Alleluia, salvation, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our 
God. 

xix. 2. For true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judg- 
ed the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornica- 
tions, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. See 
Exod. XV. I. Compare Rev. xv. 2. Judges v. 3. 2 Chron. xx. 22, 
26,28. Ps. xviii. 46. — xxviii. 6. — xli. 9, 13. — cvi. 12. — cxviii. 14, 
15. — cxliv. 1, 2. Isa. XXV. 1, 4. 

HONOURING GOD. 

CCXXVL Honour due to God and claimed by him. Mai. i. 6. A 
son honoureth his f. ther, and a servant his master ; if I then be a 
Father, where is mine honour ? If I be a Master, where is my fear?^ 
saith the Lord of hosts. John viii. 49. Jesus said, honour my Father. 
1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, them that honour me, 1 vvill ho-. 
Hour. 

CCXXVH. God is to be honoured by act,'} of tvorshifi^ praise and thanks, 
Ps. xxvi. 8. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and 
the place where thine honour dwellcth. 

Ixvi. 2, Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glo- 
rious. 

ixxi. 8. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, and with thine 
honour all the day. 

xcvi. 6. Honour and majesty are before him, strength and beauty 
are in his sanctuary. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. 

civ. 1. Thou art cloathed with honour and majesty. 
cxlv. 5. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of 
thy wondrous works. 

Isa. xliii. 20. The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragon, 
and the owls : Because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in 
the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 

Dan. iv. 37. 1 did extol and honour the King of heaven, all v/hosc 
works a: e truth, and his ways judgment. V^er. 34. 

T Tim. i. 17. To the only wise God be honour and glorv, kc. 
Ch. vi. 16. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and ho-v. 
nour, and power, &c. Ch. vii. 12, — xix. 1, 7. 

CCXXVIII. By holiness of life. Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will (saith the 
Lord) cleanse them from all their iniquity. 

Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name of joy and praise, and an 
honour before ail the nations of the earth. 

CCXXIX. By keeping the Sabbath* Isa. Iviii. 13. If thou turn away 
thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, 
and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord honourable, aiid 



25() Gior'fijing God, Chap. XIV. 

sbalt honour him, not doinc^ thine own ways, nor finding thine own 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words. 

Isa. Iviii. 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I 
will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed 
thee with the heritage of Jacob. 

CCXXX. By actfi of charity and mercy to the poor . Vro\ .\\\. 9 . 
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all 
thine increase, so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy pres- 
ses shall burst out with new wine. 

xiv. 31. He that oppresseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker, but 
he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. Ver. 21. 

(XXXXL Honmiring Christy motives to it. John v, 22. The Fa- 
ther hath committed all judgment unto the Son. 

Ver. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they ho- 
nour the Father ; he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the 
Father that sent him. See Rev. v. 12, 13. The Father and Son ho- 
noured. 

.Tohn viii. 58. Jesus said, it is the Father that honoureth me. 

2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God the Father honour and glory, 
when there came such a voice from the excellent glory, this is my 
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Matt. xvii. 5. 
For the honoui"S due and paid to Christ by the church, in heaven and 

upon earth, see Chap, concerning the dignity and offices of Je- 
sus Christ. 

CCXXXH. The wicked dishonour God and are punished, Isa. xxix. 
13. This people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips 
do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, woe unto 
them. Ver. 14. Ch. xliii. 25.— Iviii. 2. Matt. xv. 8. Rom. ii. 23. 

1 Sam. ii. 29. The Lord said to Eli, Avherefore honourest thou 
tliy sons above me ? to make yourselves fat with the choicest of the 
offerings of Jacob ? 

Ver. 36. Behold it shall come to pass, that every one that is left 
in thine house, shall come and crouch to the priest for a piece of sil- 
ver, and for a rnorsel of breads and shall say, put me (I pray thee) 
into or.e of the priest's ofhces, that I may eat a piece of bread. 

Ver. 30, For them that honour me I will honour, and them that 
despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

GLORIFYING G01>. 

CCXXXnr. To glorify God commanded. \ Sam. vi. 5. Ye shall 
give glory to the God of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 20. — x. 31. 

Isa. xlix. 3. Thou art my servaiit, O Israel, in whom I will be 
glorified. Ch. xliii. T, 

XCXXXIV. Christ glorified God on earth. John xiii. 31. God is 
glorified in him. Ver. 32. 

xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on earth, I have finished the work 
v.>hich thou gayest me to do. Ch. vii. 18. Ke sought God's glory. 

CCXXXV. Men glorify God by praise end thankfulness. 

1 Chron. xvi. 28. Give unto the Lord^ ye kindreds of the people, 
Igivc unto the Lord, glory and stren^rib. Ver, 24. 



Chap. XIV. Glorifying God, 257 

1 Chron. xvi. 29. Give unto the Lord, the glory clue unto his 
name, come before him, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, 
Ps. xxix. 1, 2, 9.— -xcvi. 3, 7, 8 — Ixxii. 19. 

Ps. xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him, all ye seed of Ja- 
cob glorify him. 

1.23. Whoso oftcrcth praise, glorifieth me. Ver. 15. 

Ixxxvi. 9. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and wor- 
Sship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give 
glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake. Isa. xxv. 3, 4. 

Is'a. xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his 
praise in the islands. Ch. xxiv. 15. 

Luke ii. 20. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising Gcd. 

Acts xi. 18. The brethren glorified God for the conversion of 
the Gentiles. 



Gal. i. 24. The apostles glorified God, in Paul, for his conve 



sion. Acts XXI. 20. 

CCXXXVL By faith, Rom. iv. 20. Abraham was strong in faith, 
giving glory to God. 

■ Eph. i. i2. We being predestinated, that we should be to the 
praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ. Ver. 5, 6. 

Phil. ii. 11. Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God 
the Father. 

CCXXXVIL By good ivorks. Matt. v. 16. Let your light.so shine 
before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12. 

John XV. 8. Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit. 

Phil. i. 1 1. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are 
by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 

CCXXXVIIL Various branches of duty ivkereby God is to be glo-, 
rifled. Jos. vii. 19. Joshua said to Achan, give glory to the God oi 
Israel, and make confession of thy secret sin. 

Hag. i. 7. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, ^'er. 8. Bring wood and 
build the house and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified. 

John xxi. 19. This spake Jesus, signifying by what death Peter 
should glorify God. 

Rom. XV. 5. Be ye like minded one toward another. Ver. 6. That 
ye may with one mind, and with one mouth glorify God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. iv. 15. All things are for your sakes, that the abundant 
grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory 
of God. 

viii. 19. This grace (or gift to the poor saints) is administered by 
us to the glory of the same Lord. Ch. ix. 13. 

1 Pet. iv. 1 1. If any speak let him speak as the oracles of God, 
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 16. ]f anv saficr as a Christian, let him glorifv God on this 
behalf. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God and give glory to him. Ch. xi. 13. — xv. 4, 

I Cor. X. 31. V/helher ye eat or drink, or whatsover ye do, do all 
to the glory of God. : 

CCXXXIX, Dox-olo^ics or glow aficr'hcd to God in -rror^/i//?. Luke 



258 Glorifyiny God, Chap. XIV. 

ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, and good-will 
toward men. 

Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise be glory? through Jesus Christ 
ever. Amen. Jude 25. 

Eph. iii. 21. Unto him be glory in the church by Jesus .Christ 
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Gal. i. 5. 

Phil. iv. 20, Now unto God and our Father, be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve me unto his heavenly king- 
dom, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

Heb. xiii. 20. Now the God of peace that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
the blood of the everlasting covenant, 

Ver. 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus 
Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, 
settle you. 

Ver. 1 1. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ, to' whom be glory boih now and for ever. Amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and ho- 
nour, and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy plea- 
bure they are and were created. Rom. xi. 36. 

Rev. vii. 12. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgivings 
and honour, and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. 
Amxcn. 

Note. The reader may observe in the above scriptures, that the things 
mentioned along with glory, are reasons for ascribing it to God, 
also that glory is in some of them directly ascribed to Christ, and 
in others to God the Father through Christ. See Christ's glory be- 
fore and in his incarnation, and after it. Chap. Upon the dignity 
and offices of Jesus Christ. 

CCXL. God is glorified in the restoration and prevalence of true re- 
ligion among his /leople. Ps. ii. 19. Let the whole earth be fiiledwith 
his glory. Ps. xcvii. 6. — cii. 16. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and gloiiiied him- 
Beit in Israel. Ch. xlix. 3. 

Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 
Ver. 21. Thy people shall be all righteous that I may be glorified. 
Isa. Ixi. 3. To give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty for ash- 
es, &c. That they might be called trees of righteousness, the plant- 
iiigof the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

Ixvi. 18. I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come 
•A.vA see my glory. 

Hab. ii. 18^. The earth shall be filled v/ith the knowledge of the 
^lory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

Rom. XV. 7. Receive ye one another as Chrisi received us, to the. 
•.-?l^;rv of God the Father* 



Chap. XIV. Sanctifying God. 259 

2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God in Christ are yea, and in him 
amen, unto the glory of God. 

iv. 6. God hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the know- 
ledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. i. 6. God having predestinated us to the adoption of children, 
by Jesus Christ, to the praise of the glory of his grace. Ver. 12. See 
Christ's glory before his incarnation on earth, and after his resurrec- 
tion. 

God glorified by those nvho saw miracles wrought by his fiower^ as 
when the fialsy was cured. Matt. ix. 8. The dumb made to speak. 
Matt. XV. 31. The dead raised to life. Luke. vii. 16. The lame heal- 
ed. Luke. xiii. 13. Acts iv. 21. The leper cleansed. Luke xvii. 15. 
Sight given to the blind. Luke xviii. 43. The appearances at Christ's 
birth. Luke ii. 20. At his death. Luke xxiii. 47. 

CCXLL The wicked glorify not God, and are fiuni shed, Dan. v. 22. 
Thou hast not humbled thine heart. 

Ver. 23. Daniel said to Balshazzar, thou hast lifted up thyself 
against the Lord of heaven, Sec. and the God in whose hand thy breath 
is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 

Ver. 26. God hath numbered thy kingdom. 

Ver. 27. Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting. 

Ver. 28. Thy kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Per- 
sians. 

Mai. ii. 2. If you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, 
said the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will 
curse yovir blessings. Jer. xiii. 26. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel smote Herod, because he gave not God the 
glory, and he was eaten of worms. 

Rom. i. 2 1. When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful. 

Ver. 24. Wherefore God gave them up, Sec. 

iii. 23. All have sinned and come short of tlie glory of God. 

Rev. xvi. 9. The men that v/ere scorched with fire repented not 
to give glory to God. 

CCXLII. God is glorified in the destruction of the wicked. Exod. xiv. 
4. I will be honoured upon Pharaoh and his host. \ei\ 17, 18, 

Lev. X. 2. There went out fire from the Lord, and devoured Nadab, 
and Abihu. 

Ver. 3. The Lord spake saying, before all the people vrill I be glo- 
rified. 

Isa. xxvi. 14. Thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made ail 
their memory to perish. 

Ver. 15. O Lord, thou art glorified. 

Ezek.xxviii. 22. Thus saith the Lord God, behold I am againstlthee, 

Zidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee. Ch, xxxix. 1 1 . 
CCXLIII. Sanctifying God. Lev. x. 3. The Lord spake, saying, 

1 win be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the peo- 
ple I will be glorified. 

Isa. V. 16. God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 
viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your 
fear, and let him be voiir dread. 

K k 



^60 Godliness, CuAr. XV. 

Isa. xxix. 2 3. They shall sanctify my name, and shall sanctify the 
holy one of Jacob. 

Ezek. XX. 41.1 will be sanctified in you before the heathen. *Ch. 
xxxvi. 23. — xxviii. 25. — xxxix. 21. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. See Ezek. 
xxviii. 22. — xxxviii. 16. 

CCXLIV". Threats against those that sanctify not God. Numb. xx. 
12. The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye believed mc 
not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye 
shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given 
them. Ch. xxvii. 14. Deut. xxxii. 51. 



CHAP, XV, 

CHARACTERS GOOD AND BAD, WITH PROMISES AND THREATS. 

I. GODLINESS in heart and life. Ps. xxxii. 6. For this shall eve- 
ry godly one pray unto thee. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, 
that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by 
the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world. 

vii. 9. Ye were made sorry [for sin] after a godly manner. Ver. 
10, 11. 

xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 

1 Tim. ii. 2. Pray that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in 
all godliness and honesty. 

Ver. 10. Good works become women professing godliness. 

iv. 7. Exercise thyself unto godliness. 

iv. 11. O man of God, follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, 
love, patience, meekness, fight the good fight of faith. 

Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, live soberly, 
righteously and godly in the present world. 

Heb. xii. 28. Let us serve God with reverence and godly fear. 

2 Pet. i. 16. Add to patience, godliness, &c. Ver. 7. , 

iii. 1 1.' What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver- 
sation and godliness ? 

IL Promises to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apnrthim 
that is godly for himself. 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the 
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 

vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to 
be punished. 

IIL Means of godliness given, Ps. xii. 1. Help Lord, for the gt)dly 
man ceaseth. 

Rom. xi. 26. Christ shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 
! Tim. iii. 16. The gospel contains the mystery of g'odlinesi.. 



Chap. XV. Righteoiisrtess, 26"! 

1 Tim. vi. 3. Gospel contains the doctrine which is according to 
godliness. 

Tit.i. 1. The truth [in the gospel] is according to godliness. 

IV. Godliness misrepresented. 1 Tim. vi. 3. Corrupt men suppose 
that gain is godliness. 

2 Tim. iii. 5. Hypocrites have a form of godliness, but deny the 
power thereof. 

V. The ungodly described by their practice. Ps. xviii. 4. Floods of 
ungodly men made me afraid. 

Prov. xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil. 
xix. 28. An ungodly witness scorneth judgment. 
2 Tim. ii. !6. Vain babblings increase unto ungodliness. 
Jude ver. 4. Ungodly men turn the grace of God into lascivious- 
ness. 

V^er. 18. They walk after their ow^n ungodly lusts. 

VI. Threats against the ungodly, 2 Chron. xix. 2. Shculdest thou 
help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore i$ 
wrath upon thee from the Lord. 

Ps. i. 1 . Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the 
ungodly. 

Ver. 4. The ur.godly are like the chaff which the wind driveth 
away. 

Ver. 5. The ungodly shall not stand in judgment. 

Ver. 6. The way of the ungodly shall perish. 

iii. 7. Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 

xliii. 1. Plead my cause against an ungodly nation. 

Ixxiii. 12. The ungodly prosper in the world, they increase in 
riches. 

Ver. 18, Thou didst set them in slippery [>laces, thou castedst 
them down into destruction. 

Rom. i. IB. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 

1 Pet. iv. 18. If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the 
ungodly and the sinner appear ? 

2 Pet. ii. 5. God spared not the old, world, bringing in the flood 
upon the world of the ungodly, 

Ver. 6. And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, 
condenmed them with an overthrow making them an example unto 
those that after should live ungodly. 

iii. 7. The heavens and the earth which are now, are reserved unto 
fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. 

Jude ver. 14, 15. Behold the Lord cometh, to execute judgment 
upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly, of all their ungodly 
deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard 
speeches wdiich ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

VII. Righteousness required. Deut. vi. 25. It shall be our right- 
eousness if Ave observe to do all these coip^mandments before the 
Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. 

Dan. iy. 27, Break ©ff thy sins l?y righteousness. 



262 Righteomness. Chap. XV. 

Amos V. 24. Let judgment run down as waters, and ri,^>hteousness 
as a mighty stream. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, seek righteousness, seek meekness, &c. 

Matt. iii. 15. Jesus said, it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 

V. 20. Jesus said, except your righteousness shall exceed the 
righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

vi. 3*. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. 

Luke i. 75. Serve God in holiness and righteousness. 

Acts xxiv. 25. Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance and 
judgment to come. 

Rom. vi. 13. Yield your members as instruments of righteousness 
unto God. Ver. 19. 

1 Cor. XV. 34. Awake unto righteousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 4, 7. Approving ourselves by the armour of righteousness. 
Ver. 14. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? 
Eph. iv. 24. Put on the new man, which after God is created in 

righteousness. 

v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all righteousness, goodness and 
truth. 

vi. 14. Stand therefore having your loins girt about v/ith truth, 
and having on the breast-plate of righteousness. 

Phil. i. 1 1. Approving things that are excellent, being filled with 
the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the praise 
^.nd glory of God. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, 
patience, meekness. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. The scripture is profitable for instruction in righte- 
ousness. 

Tit. ii, 11. The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared 
to all men. 

Ver. 12. Teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, 
we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world. 

Heb. xi. 13. The prophets through faith wrought righteousness. 

I Pet. ii. 24. We being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness. 

1 John ii. 29. Every one that doth righteousness is born of God. 

iii. 7. He that doth i^ighteousness is righteous. 

Ver. U). Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God. 

VIIL Promises to the rigiiteous of peculiar favour from God* Ps. i. 
§, The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. 

cxlvi. 8. The Lord loveth the righteous. Ps. xi. 7. — xxiii. 5. 

V. 12, Thou Lord wilt bless the righteous, with favour thou wilt 
compass him as with a shield. Ps. cvi. 3. Matt. v. 6. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his 
ears are open unto thpir cry. Job xxxvi. 7. Ps. xxxiii. 18. I Pet. iii. 1 1 . 

Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth and delivereth 
them out of all their troubles. Ps. x. 24. — xv. 29. Jam. v. 1§. 
\ Pet. iii. 12. 

xiv. 5, God is in the generation of the righteous. Isa. Ixiv. 5. 

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the righteous. Ps. Iv. 22. He 
shall never suiTer the righteous to be moved. Ps. xv. 2. 



Chap. XV. Righteousness, 263 



Ps. xxxvii 39. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. Gen. 
vii. 1. Prov. xviii. 10. Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16. — Ixiv. 5. 2 Pet. ii. 5. 
xi. 5. The Lord trieth the righteous. 

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous. 
Jer. XX. 12. 

iii. 32. The secret of the Lord is with the righteous. Ps. xxv. 14. 
Job xxxiii. 26. God will render unto every man his righteous- 
ness. 1 Sam. xxvi. 23. 1 Kings viii. 32. 

Ps. vii. 8. Judge me according to my righteousness. Ps. xviii. 
20, 24. 2 Sam. xxii. 21. 

Ver. 1 1. God judgeth the righteous, God is angry with the wick- 
ed every day. 

xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy righteousness. 
I viii. 1 1. Verily there is a reward for the righteous, verily he is a 
God that judgeth in the earth. 

IX. Pro?nises of blessings to the righteous<^ as the consequence of 

righteousness by the afifiointment of God. 
Job iv- 7. Whoever perished being innocent, or where were the 
righteous cut off ? 

xvii. 9. The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath 
clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. 

Ps. xxxvii. 29. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in 
it for ever. 

Ixxii. 7. In his [the good King's days] the righteous shall flourish. 
Ixxv. 10. The horn of the righteous shall be exalted, 
xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree, and 
grow like the cedar in Lebanon. Ps. i. 3. — Hi. 8. Prov. xi. 28. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the 
upright in heart. 

cvi. 3. Blessed is he that doth righteousness at all times. 
Prov. x. ii. Righteousness delivereth from death. Ch. xi. 4, 6. 
Ver. 24. The desire of the righteous shall be granted. 
Ver. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the ex- 
pectation of the wicked shall perish. 

xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked 
Cometh in his stead. Ch. x. 30. — xii. 3. 

Ver. 18. To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 
Ver. 19. Righteousness tendeth to life ; he that pursueth evil, pur- 
sueth it to his own hurt. Ch. xii. 28. 
Ver. 30. The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life. 
Ver. 31. The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, 
xii. 3. A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root 
of the righteous shall not be moved. Ch. x. 2 5. 

Ver. 7. The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of 
the righteous shall stand. Ch. xi. 21. /r 

Ver. 26. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour.' 
Ver. 28. In the way of righteousness is life, and in the path-way 
thereof is no death. Ch. xiii. 6, 

xiii. 9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth, but the lamp of the 
wicked shall be put, out. 

Prov. xiii. 21. Evil pursueth sinners, but to the righteous good 
shall be repaid. 



^04 Righteousness, Chap. XV. 

Prov. xiv. .M'. Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a re- 
proach to any people. 

xvi. 12. The throne is exalted by righteousness* 

Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the 
Avay of righteousness. 

xxi. 2h He that followcth after righteousness and mercy, findeth 
life, righteousness and honour. 

xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the right- 
eous is bold as a lion. 

Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and their works are in 
the hand of God. 

Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, it shall be well with him, for 
they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 

Isa. xxiv. 16. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard 
sopgs, even glory to the righteous. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall be peace, and the ef- 
fect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. 

xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righteously, &c. 

Ver. 16. He shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be tlie 
munition of rocks, bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure. 

Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteous- 
ness, those that remember thee in thy ways. 

Ezek. xiv. 14. Though Noah, Daniel and Job were in the city, 
[^devoted to destruction for iniquity] they should deliver but their 
own souls by their righteousness. See Gen. vii. 1. — xviii. 23. 

xviii. 20. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him. 

Ver. 22. In his righteousness that he hath done, he shall live. 

Mai. iii. 1 8. Ye shall discern between the righteous and the wicked. 

X. The righteous shall be dcliveredfrr.m enemies, Ps. xxxiv. 2 1 . They 
that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

Iii. 6. The righteous shall see [the destruction of the wicked] and 
fear, and shall laugh at him. 

Iviii, 10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, 
and shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 

cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the 
righteous. 

Prov. xiv. 19. The evil bow before the good, and th^ wicked at 
the gates of the righteous. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. 

Zech. xiv. 12. This shall be a plague wherewith the Lord will 
smite all the people who have fought against Jerusalem, their flesh 
shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes 
sJhaU consume away in their holes, and their tongues shall consume 
away in their mouth. 

XI. The death of tlie righteous blessed. Num. xxiii. 10. Let me die 
the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. 

Prov, xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope in his death. 

Isa. Ivii, 1. The righteous is taken away from the evil to come, 

XII. The righteous blessed after death. Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall 
dwell in thy holy hiil ? He that worketh righteousness. Ps. xxiv. 4. 

cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 



Chap. XV. Zeal, 265 

Isa. Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds, 
each one walking in his uprightness. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars 
for ever and ever. 

Matt. xiii. 43. The righteous shall shine forth as the sun, in the 
kingdom of their Father. 

XXV, 46. The righteous shall go into life eternal. 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

XIII. Unrighteousness forbidden. Rom. vi. 13. Neither yield ye 
your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but yield 
yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead, and your 
members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighte- 
ousness ? What communion hath light with darkness ? 

XIV. Threats against the unrighteous, Deut. xxvi. 16. All that do 
unrighteously are an abomination to the Lord. 

Job xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth 
up against me as the unrighteous. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 

Ver. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wick- 
edness, Sec. 

Ver. 34. They who commit such things are worthy of death. 

ii. 18. Unto them that obey unrighteousness, God will render in- 
dignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man 
that doth evil. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not, that the unrighteous shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God ? 

2 Thess. ii. 10. The Wicked [man of sin] is filled with all deceive- 
ableness of unrighteousness in them that perish. 

Ver. 12. That they all might be damned who believed not the 
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They shall receive the reward of unrighteousness. 
Ver. 14. Cursed children. 

Ver. 17. To whom is reserved the mist of darkness for ever. 

X\'^. Pardon promised to those that forsake unrighteousness. Isa. Iv, 
7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy 
upon him, and to our God, for he Avill abundantly pardon. 

Heb. viii. 12.1 will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and then- 
sins, and their iniquities will I remember no more. 

ZEAL. 

XVL Zeal a duty. Gal. iv. 18. It is good to be zealously affected 
in a good thing. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself, a peculiar people, zealous^ 
of good works. 

Rev. iii. 19. Be zealous and repent. 

Instances in Phineus. Num. xxv. 11, 13. In Christ. Isa. lix. 17. 



266 Uprightness. Chap. XV. 

Ps. Ixix. 9. In David. Ps. cxix. 139. In the Corinthians. 1 Cor. xiv. 
12. 2 Cor. vii. 11. — ix. 2. In Epaphras. Col. iv. 13. 

Zeal^ erroneous. Instances in Saul's slaying the Gibeonitcs. In Paul 
for the law of Moses before his conversion. Acts xxii. 3. Gal. i. 14. 
Phil. iii. 6. In the Jews. Acts xxi. 20. Rom. xvi. 2. See Jehu boast- 
ing of his zeal. 2 Kings x. 16. 

Want of Zeal. Rev. iii. 1 5. Because thou art neither cold nor hot, I 
will spue thee out of my mouth. 

UPRIGHTNESS. 

XVII. Ufiright. Prov. xv. 21. A man of understanding walketh 
uprightly. 

xvi. 17. The high-way of the upright is to depart from evil, 
xxi. 29. As for the upright, he directeth his way. wSee Ch.xiv. 2. 

XVIII. Promises to the ufiright, 1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my 
God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the \ipright in heart. 

xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, and his counte- 
nance doth behold the upright. 

XV. 2. He that walketh uprightly shall abide in thy tabernacle. 

xviii. 25. With an upright man thou wiit shew thyself upright. 

xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of the upright, and their 
inheritance shall be for ever. 

Ver. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the 
latter end of that man is peace. 

xlix. 14. The upright shall have dominion over the wicked. 

Ixxxiv. 1 1 . The Lord will with-hold no good from them that walk 
uprightly. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the 
upright in heart. 

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

Ver. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in darkness. 

cxl. 13. Lord, the upright shall dwell in thy presence. 

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 

Ver. 21. The upright shall dwell in the land, &c. 

X. 9. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. 

Ver. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to the upright. 

xi. 3. The integrity of the upright shall preserve them. 

Ver. 5, 6. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them. 

Ver, 11. By the blessing of the upright the city is preserved. 
Ch. xxix. 8. Gen. xviii. 23 to 28. 

Ver. 20. The upright in their way are God's delight. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 

Ver. 22. They that deal truly are God's delight. 

xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth the upright in the way. 

xiv. 1 1. The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 

XV. 8. The prayer of the upright is God's delight. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the 
transgressor for the upright. 

xxviii. 5. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than 
be that is perverse in his ways, thoug-h he be rich. 



Chap. XV. Perfection. S67 

Prov. xxviii. 10. The upright shall have good things in possession. 

Ver. 18, Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved, but he that is 
perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 

Ver. 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessing. 

Isa. Ivii. 2. The righteous shall enter into peace, they shall rest in 
their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. 

Mic. ii. 7. My words do good to him that walketh uprightly. See 
Rom. xiv. 22. John iii. 21. 

XIX. The upright firayedfor^ and fir ay erf or uprightness* Ps. xxv, 
21. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee. 

cxliii. 10. Lead me unto the land of uprightness. 

cxxv. 4. Do good to them that are upright in heart. 

xxxvi. 10. Continue thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 

INTEGRITY. 

XX. Integrity. Ps. vii. 8. Judge me, O Lord, according to mine 
integrity. 

XXV. 11. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. 

xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine integrity. 

Prov. xix. 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than 
he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Ch. xxviii. 6. 

XX. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity. 

Job xxvii. 7 . My heart shall not reproach me. 

XXL Particular instances of integrity. Gen. xx. 6. God said to 
Abimelech, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thine heart, 
for I with-held thee from sinning against me. 

Job ii. 3. Job holdeth fast his integrity. Ver. 9. Ch. xxvii. 5.— 
xxxi. 6. 1 Kings ix. 4. 

Ps. xxvi. 1. David said, I walked in mine integrity. Ver. 11. Ps. 
Ixxviii. 72. 

SINCERITY. 

XXI L Sincerity. Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear and serve the Lord in siu' 
cerity. 

1 Cor. V. 8. Keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity. 
Phil. i. 9. I pray that ye may be sincere and without oifence until 

the day of Christ. 

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with them that love our Lord Jesus Christ 
in sincerity. 

2 Cor. ii. 17. As of sincerity in the sight of God speak we. 

i. 12. In simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversa- 
tion. 

Tit. ii. 7. In doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. 

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow 
thereby. 

PROSPERITY. 

XXIII. Perfection a commanded duty. Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said 
unto Abraham, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou 
perfect. 

Deut. xviii. 13. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 

Matt. V. 48. Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven 
is perfect. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the renewing cf your rninds, that 
ve may prove what is that good and acceptable cvnd peifccl will of God 

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268 Perfection, Chap. XV« 

2 Cor. vii. I. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh 
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 
xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of one mind. 

Col. iii. 14. Put on charity, which is the bond of pcrfectness. 
Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfection. 

XXIV. Directions for attaining fierfection. Matt. xix. 21. If thou 
wilt be perfect keep the commandments. 1 John ii. 5. — iv. 12. 

Luke vi. 40. Every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 

Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I were already perfect, or had already 
attained. 

Ver. 14. I press forward toward the mark, for the prize of the 
hig-h calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 15. Let us as many as be perfect, be thus minded. 

Jam. i. 4. Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be per- 
fect and entire, wanting nothing. 

iii. 2. If any off'end not in word, the same is a perfect man. 

XXV. Means of perfection are, God and Christ, 2 Sam. xxii. 33. 
God maketh my way perfect. Ps. xviii. 32. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. 

Ezek. xvi. 4. Thy beauty was perfect through my comeliness which 
I put upon thee. I Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ? 

John xvii. 23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made 
perfect in one. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made 
perfect in weakness. 

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, viz, Christ. 

iv. 12. Praying fervently for you, that ye may stand perfect and 
complete in all the will of God. 

Heb. X. 14. By one offering Christ hath perfected for ever them 
that are sanctified. 

xiii. 2 1 . God make you perfect, working in you that which is well* 
pleasing in his sight. 

I Pet. V. 10. The God of all grace make you perfect, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you. See Heb. xi. 40.- — xii. 2 3. 

XXVI, 77^1? holy Scri/it7ires a mean of fierfection. 2 Tim. iii. 16. All 
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction and instruction in righteousness. 

Ver. IT. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnish- 
ed to all good works. 

Ps. cxix. 1 1. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not 
sin against thee. See Gal. iii. 3. See the Spirit's influence upon all 
Christians. 

XXVII, The ministry. Eph. iv. 11. He gave apostles, prophets, 
eTangelists, pastors and teachers, 

Ver. 12. For the perfecting of the saints. 

Ver. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the 
liinowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of 
the stature of the fulness of Christ. 

Col. i. 28. Vv^e preach Christ, warning every man, and teaching 
every man in all wisdom, that vv e may present every man perfect iu 
Christ Jesus. 

i Thess. iii. 9. We jov before ('od for vour sakes, 



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Chap. XV. Hypocrisy. 269 

1 Thess. iii. 10. Praying that we might perfect what is lacking in 
your faith. 

XXVIII. Promisees to the fierfect. Job viii. 20. God will not cast 
away a perfect man. 

Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, 
for the latter end of that man is peace. 

Prov. ii. 21. The upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect 
shall remain in it. 

XXIX. Instances of fierfions called perfect. Noah. Gen. vi. 9. Job. 
Job i. 1, 8. — ii. 3. David. Ps. ci. 2, 6. Persons called righteous. 
Noah. Gen. vii. I. David. 1 Kings iii. 6. Job. Job xxix. 14. Zacha- 
rias and Elizabeth. Luke i. 6. Abel. Heb. xi. 4. 

HYPOCRISY. 

XXX. Hypocrisy forbidden, Luke xii. 1 . Jesus said, beware of the 
leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is without partiality, and 
without hypocrisy. 

XXXI. Marks of hypocrites. 2 Kings x. 16. They say, come and 
see my zeal for the Lord. 

Job xii. 2. No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom, shall die 
with you. 

XV. 8. They restrain wisdom to thetuselves. Jer. viii. 8. 

Ps. xii. 2. They speak with a double heart. Jer. xii. 2. 

Prov. XX. 6. They proclaim their ow^n goodness. 

xxx. 12. They are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed 
from their iiithiness. 

Isa. Ixv. 5. They say, stand by thyself, come not near to me, for 
I am holier than thou. Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that 
tliey are righteous, and despise others. 

ixvi. 5. They hate their brethren, and cast them out, and say, let 
the Lord be glorified. INIatt. vii 4. They say let me pull the mote 
out of thine eye, &cc. 

Matt. vi. 5. They pray standing in the synagogues and in the cor- 
ners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Litke xviii. 1 1. In 
prayer they say, God, I thank thee, I am not as other men are, ex- 
tortioners, &c. 

xxiii. 14. They devour widow^s houses, and for a pretence make 
long prayers. 

vi. 16. When they fast they disfigure their faces, that they may 
appear unto men to fast. Luke xviii. 12. I fast twice in the wxek, 
said the Pharisee. 

Ver. 2. When they give alms they sound a trumpet, that they may 
have glory of men. 

Luke xvi. 18. They justify themselves before men. 

John v. 44. They receive honour one of another, and seek not the 
honour that cometh from God only. 

Matt, xxiii. 25. They make clean the outside of the cup and plat' 
ter, but within are full of extortion and excess. 

Ver. 27. Like whited sepulchres outwardly beautiful, but within 
are full of rottenness. 



270 The Heart. Chap. XV. 

Matt, xxiii. 18. Outwardly they appear righteous unto men, but 
■within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

XV. 8. They honour God with their lips, but their heart is far from 
him. 

Ver. 9. In vain they worship God, teaching for doctrines the com- 
mandments of men. 

xxiii. 13. They shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, they 
neither go in themselves, nor suffer others to go in. 

Ver. 15. They compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and 
make him two-fold more the child of hell than themselves. 

Ver. 23. They pay tythe of mint, anise and cummin, all manner 
of herbs, Luke xi. 42 and omit the weightier matters of the law, 
judgment, mercy and faith. Luke xviii. 12. 

Ver. 24. They strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. 

XXXIL Threats. Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. 

xiii. 16. An hypocrite shall not come before God. Ps. v. 5. 

XV. 3". The congiTgation of hypocrites shall be desolate. 

xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 

XX. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypocrite, when God taketh 
away his soul ? 

xxxvi. 13. The hypocrites heap up wrath, they cry not when God 
bindeth them. 

Isa. ix. 17. The Lord shall have no pleasure in their young men, 
neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless and widows, for every 
cne is an hypocrite and an evil doer. 

X. 5.. An hypocritical nation, the people of God's wrath. 

xxxiii. 14. Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites : who among 
us shall dwell with devouring fire ? who among us shall dwell with 
everlasting burnings. 

Matt, xxiii. oi^. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye 
escape the damnation of hell. 

Matt. xxiv. 5 1. The Lord of the evil servant shall appoint him his 
portion with the hypocrites, there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

XXXIIL Hyfiocrites hurtful to men. Job xxxiv. 30. That the hypo- 
crite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. 

Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth devoureth his neigh- 
bour' See Isa. xxxii. 6. Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14. 

THE HEART. 

XXXIV. The heart of the righteous toward God, Whole heart sig- 
nifying sincerity i'/i duties. 

Deut. xi. 13. Love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your 
heart, and with all your soul. Ch. xiii. 3. — xxx. 6. Matt. xxii. 37. 
Jos. xxii. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 20, 24. 

xxvi. 16. Thou shalt keep and do these statutes and judgments, 
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 1 Kings ii. 4. — viii. 23. 

xxx. 2. When thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, with all thine 
li^artj and wit;h all thy souL 



Chap. XV. The HearU \7\ 

Deut xxxii. 3. Then the Lord will turn thy captivity, &c. 

2 Kings xxxiii. 3. Josiah the king- made a covenant before the 
Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and 
his testimonies, and his statutes, with all their heart, and with all 
their soul. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 31. — xv. 12. 

Ps. ix. 1. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my wiiole heart. 

Ixxxvi. 12. I will praise thee, O Lord, with all my heart. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the Lord's testimonies, and 
seek him with the whole heart. Ver. 10. 

Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law, yea I 
shall observe it with my whole heart. Ver. 69. 

V'^er. 5 8. I intreated thy favour with my whole heart. Ver. 145. 

Pro v. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not 
to thine own understanding. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me with their whole heart. 

xxix. 13. Ye shall seek me, and find me (saith the Lord) when ye, 
search for me with all your heart. 2 Chron. xv. 12. — xxii. 9. 

Acts viii. 37. If thou believest with all thine heart, &c. 

Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as unto the Lord. 

XXXV. Pure heart. Ps. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill 
of God ? and who shall stand in his holy place ? 

Ver. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. 

Matt. v. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 
See 1 Tim. i. 5. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22. 

XXXVL Perfect heart. I Kings viii. 61. Let your hearts be per- 
fect with the Lord your God, to walk in his statutes, and keep his 
commandments. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve God with a perfect heart 
and with a willing mind, for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and un- 
derstandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

1 Chron. xxix. 9. Vv ith a perfect heart the people offered willingly. 

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the 
whole earth, to shew himself strong in behalf of those whose heart 
is perfect with him. 

Ps ci. 2. I will walk withhi my house with a perfect heait. 

Luke viii. 15. But that on the good ground, are they, which ii> 
an honest and good heart, having heard the v/ord, keep it, and bring 
forth fruit with patience. 

See instances, Asa. 1 Chon. xv. 14. 2 Chron. xv. 17. Hezekiah. 
2 Kings XX. 3. Isa. xxxviii. 3. Want of a perfect heart in Solomon. 
1 Kings xi. 4. — xv. 3. And in Amaziah. 2 Chron. xxv. 2. 

XXXVII. Ufiright heart. Ps. vii. iO. God saveth the upright in 
heart. 

xxxii. 11. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous, and 
shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart. Ps. Ixiv. 10, 

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving kindness to them that know thee, 
and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 

xcvii. 1 1. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the 
upright in heart. 

cxix. 7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall 
have learned thy righteous judgments. See Job xxxiii. 3. 

XXXVllL Single heart. Acts ii. 46. Eph. vi. 5. Col. iii. 22. 

XXXIX, Clean heart. Ps. Ii. 10. Create in me a clean heart O God. 



272 The Heart. Chap. XV. 

Ps. Ixxiii. 1. God is good to such as are of a clean heart. 

l^rov. XX. 9. Who can say I have made my heart clean ? 

XL. Broken contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh imto 
them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite 
jjpirit. 

li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a 
contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

cix. 1 6. See prayers against those who would slay the broken in 
heart. 

K cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up 
their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell with him that is of a 
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to 
revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted. 
Luke iv. 18. 

Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of 
a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

XLL Duties respecting the heart. Deut. xxxii. 46. Set your heart 
unto all the words which I command you. 

Jos. xxiv. 23. Incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. 

1 Sam. vii. 3. Prepare, your hearts unto the Lord and serve him 
only. Job xi. 13. 

2 ChroDo XXX. 18, 19. Lord, pardon every one that prepareth his 
heart to seek the Lord God of his fathers. 

Ezra vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, 
and to do it. 

Job xi. 13. If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine 
hands towards him, 

Ver. 15. Then shalt thou lift up thy face with joy. 

Ps Ixxvii. 6. I commune with mine own heart. Ps. iv. 4. 

Prov. iv. 23. Keep thine heart. Ch. xxiii. 19. Guide thine heart, 
&c. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the 
foreskins of your heart. 

Ver. 14. Wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest 
be cjean, Isa. i. 16. 

XXX. 21. Who is this that engageth his heart to approach unto 
me, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 22. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your Godc 

Ezek. xviii. 31. Make you a new heart, and a new spirit, for why 
will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Joel ii. 13, Rent your heart and not your garments, and turn a- 
gain to the Lord. 

See James iv. 13, Purify your hearts. 

V. 8. Stablish your hearts. 

jipfily the heart, 

Ps. xc. 12. To wisdom. Eccl. vii. 25. Prov. ii. 2. To under- 
standing, Prov.xxii. 17. To knowledge. Prov. xxiii. 12. To instruc- 
tion. 



Chap. XV. The Heart, 273 

XLII. God taketh notice of the heart. This is to be considered as a 
motive to the foregoing duties. 

Jer. XX. 12. O Lord of hosts that triest the righteous, and seest 
the reins and heart. 

I Kings viii. 39, Lord thou only knowest the hearts of all the chil- 
dren of men. 2 Chron. vi. 36, 

Ps. xliv. 21. God knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

Prov. XV. 11. Hell and destruction are before the Lord, hov/ much 
more the hearts of the children of men. 

Luke xvi. 15, God knoweth your hearts. 

Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, knowest the hearts of all men. 

Heb. iv. 12. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and 
intents of the heart. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord seeth all hearts, and understandeth 
all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

Jer.xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart and try the reins. 

Rom, viii. 27. He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the 
mind of the Spirit. 

Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth the reins and heart. 

1 Chron. xxix. 17. I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and 
hast pleasure in uprightness. Ver. 18, 19. 

Ps. vii. 9. The righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 

XX vi. 2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me, try my reins and 
my heart. 

Jer. xi. 3. Thou hast tried mine heart toward thee. 

1 Thess. ii. 4. God trieth the hearts. 

Ps. xvii. 3. Thou hast proved mine heart, thou hast tried me. 

Prov. xxi. 2. The Lord pondereth the hearts. Ch. xxiv. 12. 

XLHL God infuenceth the hearts of the righteous. Ps. Ii. 10. Cre- 
ate in me a clean heart, O God, Sec. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the 
Lord. 

xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may 
fear me for ever. 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and I will put anew Spi- 
rit wdthin you, and I will take the stony heart out of their liesh, and 
wdll give them an heart of flesh. 

Ver. 20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine or- 
dinances and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. Ch. xxxvi. 26, See 1 Sam, x. 9. 2 Chron. xxx. 12. 

1 Chron. xxix. 18. O Lord, prepare their heart unto thee. 

Ps. X. 17. Thou I-iOrd wilt prepare their heart. 

Prov. xvi. 1. The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer 
of the tongue is from the Lord. Ver. 9. Ch. xix. 21. 

Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and 
the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God wdth all thine heart, 
and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 2 Thess. iii. 5. 

1 Sam. X. 26. There went with Saul a band of men, whose hearts 
God had touched. 

Acts xvi. 14. The Lord opened the heart of Lydia, that she at- 
i-ended to the things spoken by Paul. 

XV. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith. 



274 The HmrU Chap. XV. 

Ps. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou 
hast enlarged my heart. 

1 Kings iv. 29. God gave unto Solomon wisdom and understanding 
exceeding much, and largeness of heart. 

Ps. xxxiii. 15. He fashioneth their hearts. 

1 Kings viii. 37. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with 
our fathers, let him not leave us nor forsake us. 

Ver. 58. That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in his 
ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes and his judg- 
ments. 

Ps. cxix. 36. Incline my heart unto thy statutes. Ver. 8. Ps. cxli. 4. 

Ixxxvi. 1 1. Unite my heart to fear thy name. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter- 
nity, whose name is Holy, I dwell in the high and holy place, with 
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit 
of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord and he shall strengthen thine 
heart. Ps. xxxi. 24. — Ixxiii. 26. Isa. xxxv. 4. 

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord stablish your hearts unblameable 
in holiness, before God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ with all his saints. 1 Thess, ii. 17. 

Prov. xxi. I . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, he turn- 
eth it, &c. Job xii. 24. 

Ezra vi. 22. The Lord turned the heart of the king of Assyria 
unto his people. 

Ps. cv. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people. 

Mai. iv. 6. He shall turn the heart of the fathers unto the children, 
&c. Luke xi. 17. 

Ezra vii. 27. Ezra said, blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, 
who hath put this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the 
Lord. 

Nch. ii. 12. I told no man what God had put in my heart to do at 
Jerusalem. 

Jer. xxxii. 40. I will put my fear in their hearts, &c. 

xxxi. 33. I will put my law in their inward parts, write it in theii' 
hearts. Heb. viii. 10. 

2 Cor. iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, WTitten with the Spirit 
of the living God in fleshly tables of the heart. 

XLIV. God^s judgments on the hearts of the wicked. Exod. vii. 13. 
The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart. Ch. ix. 12. — x. 1, 20, 27. — xi. 
10.— xiv. 8. 

Exod.ix. 14. I will send my plagues upon thine heart. 

Deut. ii. 30. The Lord hardened the spirit of Sihon, kingof Hesh- 
bon, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into 
the hand of Israel. 

xxviii. 28. The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blind- 
ness, and astonishment of heart. Lev. xxvi. 16. 

xxix. 4. The Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive. 

Isa. xliv. 18. He hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and 
iheir hearts that they cannot understand. 

Job xvii. 4. Thou hast shut their hearts from understanding, there- 
-fore shalt thou not exalt them. 



Ghap* XV. Conscience. ^75 

Eccl. iii. M . He hath set the world in their heart. 

XLV. Satan's injiuences on the heart of the nvkked. Instances thereof. 
See Satan's tempting Eve. Gen. iii. I to 6. Tempting David to num- 
ber the people. I Chron. xxi. I. He taketh away the word out of their 
heart. Matt. xiii. 19. He put into the heart of Judas to betray Christ. 
John xiii. 2. Put into the hearts of Ananias and Sapphira to lie. Acts 
V. 3. He blinds the minds of unbelievers. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Eph. iv. 18. 

XLVI. ^n evil heart described. Gen. vi. 5. Every imagination of 
the thoughts of man's heart, was evil continually. 

Prov. XX. 9. Who can say I have made my heart clean ? 

Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desper- 
ately wicked, who can know it ? 

Matt. XV. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, 
adultenes, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 

Ver. 20. These are the things which defile a man. Mark vii. 21^ 
22, 23. 

XL VII. In Scrifiture the hearts of the wicked are described as wicked, 

Prov. xxvi. 23. Deut. xv. 9. 1 Kings ii. 44. 

Uncircumcised. Jer. ix. 26. 

Hard. 1 Sam. vi. 6. Prov. xxviii. 14. Zech. vii. 12. Mark xvi. 15. 

Stony. Ezek. xi. 19. — xxxvi. 26. 

Set to do evil. Eccl. viii. 11. Full of evil. Eccl. ix. 3. 

Froward. Prov. vi. 15. — xi. 20, Isa. Ivii. 17. 

Perverse. Prov. xii. 8. — xxiii. 33. Eccl. xi. 9. 

Backsliding. Prov. xiv. 14. Far from God. Isa. xxix. 13. 

Befiarting from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Not right with God. Acts viii. 21 

Whorishy idolatrous, Ezek. vi. 9. — xi. 21. — xiv. 4. 

Rebellious. Jer. v. 23. 

Full of iniquity . Ps. xli. 6. Isa. xxxii. 6. 

Full of evil imaginations. Dent. xxix. 19. Ps. cxl. 2. 

Full of hyfiocrisy. Job xxxvi. 3. Deceit. Prov. xii. 20. Ps. xii. 2, 

Fretting against God. Prov. xix. 3. Impenitent. Rom. ii. 4. 

Full of firide. 2 Chron. xxvi. 16. Covetousness. Isa. xxii. \7. 
2 Pet. ii. 14. 

CONSCIENCE. 

XLVIII. Keeping a good conscience. Acts xxiii. 1. Paul said, IJbave 
lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 

Rom. ix. ! . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience ulso 
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost. 

xiii. 5. Ye must needs be subject (to magistrates) not only for 
wrath but also for conscience sake. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, 
that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but 
by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world. 

iv. 2. By manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to eve- 
ry man's conscience, in the sight of God. Ch. v. 1 1. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandment is charity, out of a 
pure heart and of good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 

Ver. 19. War a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience 
iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pur^ conscience. 

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Chap. XV. 



Hcb. X. 22. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. 

xiii. 18. We trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing 
to live honestly. 

1 Pet. ii. 19. This is thank-M'orthy, if a man for conscience toward 
God> endure grief, suifering wrongfullv. 

iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. 

Ver. 16. Having a good conscience, a good conversation in Christ. 

XLIX. A i^ood conscience., how attained. Acts xxiv. 16. I exercise 
myself to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God and 
toward men. 

Heb. ix. 2. Gifts and sacrifices were offered (under the law) which 
could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the 
conscience. Ch. x. 2. 

Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through 
the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, purge your 
conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 1 Pet. iii. 21. 

x. 22. Having the heart sprinkled from an evil conscience. 

L. Natural conscience^ inatances of the force thereof , John viii. 9. In 
the accusers of the woman before Christ. 

Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have not the law. 

Acts. xxiv. 25. In Felix hearing Paul preach. 

I Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's heart smote him. 

LI. A nveek conscience not to be wounded: 1 Cor. viii. 12. When ye 
sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, ye sin a- 
gainst Christ. See Ver. 7 to 25, 27. Ch. x. 28, 29. 

LH. Gf an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from 
the faith. 

Ver. 2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared. 

Tit. i- 5. Unto them that are defiled and unbelieving there is no- 
thing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 

SERVING GOD. 



LIIL Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, 
and shalt serve him. 

Deut. x. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul. Ver. 13. 

Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, and to hiiu 
shalt thou cleave. Matt. iv. 10. 

LIV. With the heart. See the last quoted text. Deut. x. 12. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve him with a perfect heart, and with a wil- 
ling mind. 

Kph. vi. 6. Doing the will of God from the heart. 

V^r. 5. With singleness of heart, as unto Christ. 

Ver. 7. With good will doing service to the Lord. See Deut. xi. 
13, 14.-.-xiii. 4. — xxvi. 6 — xxxii 46. Jos. xxii. 5. — xxiv. 14, 15. 
1 Sam. vii. 3. — xii. 14, 20, 24. I Kings xi. 4 — xiv. 8. Ps. cxix. 69. 

LV. IVfth suitable dispositions of heart. Jos. xxiv. 4. Fear the Lord, 
and serve him in sinceritv and trut'i. \'er 24, 31. 



Chap. XV. God's Servants. 277 

Acts XX. 19. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Ch. 
xxvi. 7. 

Luke i. 74. Serve him in holiness, and righteousness. 

Rom. i. 9. I serve (iod with my spirit in the gospel of his Son. 

vii. 6. We are delivered from the law, that we should serve in 
newness of spirit. 

Rom. xii. I. Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and ac- 
ceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

xii. ) 1. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. 

2 'lim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure conscience. 

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ, shall purge your conscience ixom 
dead works to serve the living God. 

xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God, with re- 
verence and godly fear. Ps. ii. 11. 

Ps. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. 

Eccl. ix. 10. Do it with all thy might. 

Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly. 

Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God day and night. 

ood's servants. 

LVL God's servants. Promises to them. Exod. xxiii. 25. Ye shall 
serve the Lord, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water. Ch. xv. 
26. Deut. xi. 13, 14. 

1 Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant and mercy with thy ser- 
vants, that walk before thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10. 

Job xxxvi. 1 1. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their 
days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure. Ps. cxix. 165. Prov, 
iii. 17. 

XXXV. 27. Let the Lord be magnified that hath pleasure in the 
prosperity of his servants. Ps. cxlvii. 1 I. — cxlix. 4. 

Ps. cii. 28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their 
seed shall be established before thee. Ps. Ixix. 36. 

cv. 6. O ye seed of Abraham his servants, ye children of Jacob 
his chosen. 

Ver. 7. He is the Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. xli. 8, 9. 

Isa. xliv. 1. Fear not, O Jacob, my servant. 

Ver. 2. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods 
upon the dry ground. Ver. 26. 

xlv 4, For Jacob my servant's sake I have called thee by name. 

xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 

xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom i will be glori- 
fied. 

Ivi. 1 7. No v/eapon formed against thee shall prosper, every tongue 
that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn : this 
is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness 
is of me, saith the Lord. 

ivi. 6. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord 
to serve him, &c. 

Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make 
them joyful in my house of prayer. 



2r8 God's Servants, Chap. XV. 

Isa. Ixv. ». Thus Saith the Lord, as the new wine is found in the 
cluster, and one saith, destroy it not, for a blessing is in it : so will 
I do for my servant's sake, that I may not destroy them all. 

Ver. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my holy mountain, and my ser- 
vants shall dwell there. 

Vcr. 13. Thus saith the Lord God, behold my sen ants shall eat, 
drink and rejoice. 

Ver. 14. They shall sing for joy of heart. 

Ixvi. 13. I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. 

Ver 14. And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice and your 
bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the Lord shall be 
known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 

Jer. XXX. 10. Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, 
neither be dismayed, O Israel, for I will save thee from afar, and thy 
seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return and be 
in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid* 

Ver. 1 1. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch.xxix, 
10 — xlvi. 27, 28. 

Joel ii. 29. Upon my servants and upon my hand-maids, will I pour 
out my Spirit. Isa. xliv, 3. Acts ii. 1 7. 

Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure language, that they 
xn.ay all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one con- 
sent. 

Matt, xxiv, 45, Blessed is the faithful and wise servant. Ver. 46, 
48, 50. 

XXV. 21. Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou 
into the joy of thy Lord. Ver. 23, 26, 30. 

Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he 
Cometh, shall find watching. 

Gal. iv. 7. Thou art no more a servant but a son, and if a soa, 
then an heir of God, through Christ. 

Hev. vii. 3. Hurt not the earth, till we have sealed the servants oi 
our God in their fore-heads. 

xix. 2. The Lord our God hath judged the great whore, which 
did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood 
of his servants at her haiid. Deut. xxviii. 43. 2 Kings ix. 7. Ps. Ixxix. 
10.— cxvi, 15. 

LVIL God''s sei-vants. Prayers fqr them. 2 Sam. vii. 29. With 
thy blessing, let the house of thy servant by blessed for ever. 

xxiv. 10, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant. 

Neh. i, 11. Let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy ser- 
vants, who desire to fear thy name. Job xlii. 8. Dan. ix. 17. 

Ps. 3^ix, 13. Keep back thy servant from presumptuous sin,. 

xxvii. 9. Put not thy servant away in anger. 

xxxi, 1 6. Make thy face to shine upon thy servants, save m^e foi' 
thy mei'cies sake. 

Ixix, 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am ijn trouble, 
hear me speedily. 

Ixxxvi, 2. O my God, save thy servant tha.t txusteth it* thee. V^r. 
16, Dap. iii. 17, 28.— vi. 16. 

Ixxxixo 50= Remember Lord, the reproach of thy servants. 



Chap. XV. Obedience, 279 

Ps. xc. vs. Let it repent thee, concerning^ thy servants. Ps. cxxxv. 
14. Dent, xxxii. 36. 

Ver. 16. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory 
unto their children. 

KOT SERVING GOD. 

LVIIL Not serving God, Threats. Deut. xxviii. 47. Because thou 
servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfuiness and gladness of heart, 
for the abundance of all things, 

Ver. 48. Therefore shall thou serve thine enemies, m hunger and 
thirst, and nakedness and want of all things. Jer. x\ii. I to 5. Neh. 
ix. 35, 36. 

Mai. iii. 14. Ye have said, it is vain to serve God ; and what. pnQ> 
fit is it that we have kept his ordinances ? 

Ver. 18. Ye shall discern between him that serveth God, and him 
that serveth him not. Job xxi. 15. 

Matt. xxiv. 40. The Lord of the wicked servant shall conse in a 
day when he looiceth not for him, and in an hour,, when he is. not 
aware. 

Ver. 41. And shall cut him a&under, and appoint himhis portion, 
with hypocrites, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

XXV. 30. Cast the wicked and unprofitable servant into utter 
darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing o£ teeth. See 
Ver. 2 6. 

Luke xii. 47. That servant which knew hisLLord^s will^and pre^ 
pared not himself, neither did according tQ his. will, shall he beaten 
with many stripes. 

Rom. i. 25. They served the creature more than the Creator. 

Ver. 26. For this cause God gave them up to vile aflections,. Sec, 
See omission of good works. 

OBEDIENCE. 

LIX. Commanded. Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God and keep his com- 
mandments, for this is the whole duty of mam 

Jer. vii. 23. This thing commanded 1 your fathers, saying,, obey 
my voice> and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Lev. 
xix. 37. 1 Sam. XV. 22. Jer. xi. 4. Deut. vi. 24, 25. — vii. 12. 

Ezek. XX. 19. I am the Lord your God,, walk in my statutes, and, 
keep, m.y judgments and do them. Ch. xxxvii. 24. 

1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision k no- 
thing, but keeping the commandments of God. Ps. cxix. 4. 

LX. Universal obedieJice required. Deut. xxviii. 14. Thou shalt not 
^G asidcj from any of the words which L commaiided thee this day, 
to the right hand or to the left. 

Jos. i. 7. Observe to do according to. all thelaw,tuj:nnoL£w>m it to 
the right hand, or to the left, that thou mayes.t prosper wbitliei'so* 
ever thou ggest. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 8. Keep, and seek for all the Coramandmeats of 
the Lord your God. 

Ps. cxix. 1, Blessed are the undefiled in the way. 



280 Obedience. CiiAt. XV. 

Ps. cxix. 6. I shall nut be ashamed when I have respect unto all 
thv ccmmandments. 

Matt. V. 19. Whosoever shall break one of .these least conimand- 
inents, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom 
of heaven. 

Gal. iii. 10. It is written in the law, cursed is everj^ one that con- 
tinueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do 
them. Deut. vii. 26. Jer. xi. 3. 

Col. iv. 12. I pray that ye may stand perfect and complete in all 
the will of God. 1 Pet. iv.'2. 

James ii. 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, aud yet offend 
in one point, is guilty of all. 

LXI. With an high cittern of GocVs law. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem 
all thy precepts right. (Prov. iii. 1 7.) Ways of pleasantness and paths 
of peace. I John iii. 5. Not grievous. 

Ver. 173. I have chosen thy precepts. 

Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever, for 
they are the rejoicing of my heart. See rejoicing in God, in his word, 

Ver. 97. O how I love thy law. Ver. 159. See love to God. 

o.ix. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing it hath unto ihy testi- 
monies at all times. Ver. 40. See longing for God and the things of 
God. 

Ver. 11. Thy law have I hid in my heart that I might not sin 
against thee. 

Ver. 15. I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect unto 
thy ways. See Meditation. 

\'er. 83. I did not forget thy statutes. Ver. 55, 93. Ps. xviii. 22. 

Rom. vii. 22. I delight in the law of God, after the inward man. 
Ps. i. 2. — xl. 8.— cxix. 16,70, 72, 77, 92, 147, 174. See Delight. 

LXII. IFith resolution of heart, Jos. xxiv. 15. Joshua said, as for- 
me and my house we will serve the Lord. 

Ver. 24. The people said, the Lord our God will we serve, and 
his voice will we obey. 

Ps. c-xis. 57. O Lord, I have said that I would keep thy word. 

Ver. 69. I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Ver. 106. I have sworn and 1 will perform it, that I will keep thy 
righteous judgments. 

Ver. 112. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes. 

Ver. 117.1 will have respect unto thy statutes continually, Ver. 145. 
See 2 Kingsxxiii. 3. 2 Chron. xv. 12, 15. — xxxiv. 31. Where the king 
and the people enter into a covenant, an oath and curse to seek God. 

LXUI. Jbilityfor obedience firoviised. Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy 
God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the 
Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul. 

\ er. 8. And thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord to do all his 
commandments. 

2 Chron. xxx. 12. The hand of God was to give them one heart 
to do the commandment by the word of the Lord. 

Ps. ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. 

Isa. ii. 3. He will teach us of his ways, and we shall walk in his 
paths. Mic. iv. 2. 



Chap. XV. Obedience. 281 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spi- 
rit within them, and 1 will take the stony heart out of their flesh, 
and I will give them an heart of flesh. 

Ver. 20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my com- 
■mandments and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will 
be their God. Ch. xxxvi. 26, 27. Jer. xxiv. 7. — xxxi. 33. — xxxii. 39. 

Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a pure language, that they 
may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one con- 
sent. 

John XV. 5. Jesus said, without me ye can do nothing. 

Acts V. 52. The Holy Ghost God hath given to them that obey 
him. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord said to Paul, my grace is sufficient for 
thee, for my strength is made perfect in Aveakness. 

Phil. ii. 13. God worketh in you, both to will, and to do of his 
good pleasure. 1 Pet. iv. 1. The ability God giveth. 

LXIV. Ability prayed for, 1 Kings viii. 57. Solomon prayed, the 
Lord our God be wdth us. 

Ver. 58. That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all 
his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his statutes, and 
his judgments. Ver. 61. 

1 Chron. xxii. 1 1. David prayed, the Lord be with thee, my son. 
Ch. xxix. 19. 

Ver. 12. And give thee wisdom and understanding, that thou 
mayest keep the law of the Lord. 1 Kings iii- 9. 

xxix. 13. David said, our God, wc thank thee and praise thy glo- 
rious name. 

Ver. 14. For all things come of thee, and of thine own have wc 
given thee. See ver. 11, 12. 

Ver. 18. Keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of 
the hearts of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee. 

Ver. 19. To keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy 
statutes. 

Ps. Ix. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly. Ps. cviii. 15. 

cxix. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. 

Ver. 32. I will run the ways of thy commandments, when thou 
shult enlarge my heart. 

Ver. oo. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thv statutes, and I shall 
keep it. Z' 

Ver. 34. Give me understanding, so shall T keep thy law. r* 

Ver. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies. \'er. 43, 44. 

Ver. 80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. 

Ver. 88. Quicken me, so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. 

cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my Ciod. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Novv' our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God e- 
\cn our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting 
consolation and good hope through grace. 

Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good 
v.'ord and work. Col. i. 9. 2 Thess. i. 1 1 . 

Hei^. xiii. 20. N"ow the God of pe.ire that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
i!k' hload of the everlH^'-iiva- coveniint, 



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Obedience. 



Chap. XV. 



Heb. xiii. 21. Make you perfect in every good work, working in 
you that which is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

LXV. Ability from God acknowledged. 1 Cor. xv. 10. Paul said, by 
the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace which was bestowed 
on me was not in vain : I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet 
not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. Ch. xii. 10. Joel iii. 10. 
Isa. XXXV. 4. 

Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengthen- 
eth me. 

Eph. vi. 10. Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 

2 Tim. ii. 1 . Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. See 
God doth lead, guide, strengthen, and uphold. Sec. 

LXVI. Instances of obedience. Ps. cxix. 22. I have kept thy testi- 
monies. 

Ver. 60. I made haste and delayed not to keep thy command- 
ments. 

Ver. 63. I ain a companion of them that fear thee, and of them 
that keep thy precepts. 

Ver. 87. I forsook not thy precepts. 

Ver. 101. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I 
might keep thy word. 

Ver. 102. I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast 
taught me. Ver. 129. 

Ver. 1 10. I erred not from thy precepts. 

Ver. 168. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all 
my ways are before thee. 

John iv. 34. Jesus said, my meat is to do the will of him that sent 
me. 

viii. 29. I do always the things that please him. 

xii. 17. I have kept my Father's commandments.' 

xvii. 4. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 

Phil. ii. 8. He became obedient unto death. Heb. v. 8. 

Heb. X. 7. I came to do thy will. Ps. xl, 6. 

John xiii. 15. Jesus said, I have given you an example. 
^ 1 John ii. 6. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself to 
Walk even as he walked. 

Rom. vi. 17. Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine 
delivered unto you. 

Rev. iii. 8. I know thy works, thou hast kept my words. Ver. 10. 

xii. 17. The dragon went to make war with them which kept the 
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and 
the faith of Jesus. Abraham. Gen. xviii. 19. — xxii. 18. The children 
of Levi. Deut. xxxiii. 9, 11. Noah, Daniel, and Job. Ezek. xiv. 4. 
Job i. 8. — xxiii. I!. Sbadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Dan. iii. 
26. David. 1 Kings xiv. 8. Jehoshaphat. I Kings xxii. 43. Hezekiah. 
■? Kings xviii. 6. Josiah. 2 Kings xxiii. 3. Ps. Ixxviii. 7. 

LXVTL Promises to the obedient. Exod. xix. 5. If ye will obey 
my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be a peculiar 
treasure unto me above ?.ll people, for all the earth is mine. 



Chap. XV. Disobedience, 283 

Exod. XX. 6. I am the Lord, shewing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me and keep my commandments. Deut. v. 10. — vii. 
9. Neh. i. 5. Jer. xxxii. 18. Dan. ix. 4. 

Lev. xviii. 5. Ye shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which 
if a man do he shall live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Prov. iv. 4. — vii. 2, 
Ezek. XX. II, 13, 21. Rom. x. 5. Gal. iii. 12. 

xxvi. 3. If ye will walk in my statutes, and keep my command- 
ments and do them, 

Ver. 4. Then will I give rain in due season, and the land shall 
yield her increase. 

Ver. 5. Ye shall eat bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 

Ver- 6 I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down and 
none shall make you afraid. Isa. i. 19. 

Ver. 7. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall be= 
fore you by the sword. See to ver. 12. and Chap. xxv. IS, 19. 

Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, to the statues and judgments which 
I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess 
the land. 

Ver. 6. Keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and under- 
standing in the sight of the nations. Ver. 7, 8, 30. 

Ver. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, that it way go well with thee, 
and with thy children after thee. Ch. vi. 1, 2, 17, 18, 25 — xii. 28. 

v. 29. O that there were such an heart in them, Sec. V^er. 33. 

xiii. 4. Thou shalt keep his commandments and obey his voice. 

Ver. 17. That the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his an- 
ger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee and mul- 
tiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers. 

Deut. 28. 1. If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to observe and do all his commandments^ the Lord 
thy God vv'ill set thee on high, above all nations of the earth. See va- 
rious blessings promised to ver. 14th of this chapter, and in Lev, 

xxvi. 3 to 14. and Deut. vii. 12, 13, 14, 15. — xi. 9, 13, 14, 15 xxx. 

8, 9. 

xxix. 9. Keep the v.ords of this covenant and do them, that ye 
may prosper in all that ye do. 1 Kings ii. 3, 4. Jer. xxxviii. 20. 

xxx. 19. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, 
therefore chuse life that both thou and thy seed may live. Ver. 16. 

V^er. 20, That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and that thou 
mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him, (for he 
is thy life and the length of thy days.) Ch. v. 1, 10. — viii. 2, 6, 11, 20. 
—xii. 1, 25. — xxx. 8 to 16. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 2 Kintrs iii. 14. Prov. iii, 2. 

Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are right. 

Ver. 11. In keeping them there is a great reward. 

xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such 
as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

xxxvii. 34, Keep his way and he shall exalt thee. 

1. 23. To him that ordereth his conversaiion aright, I will shew 
the salvation of God. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies. 

Prov. i. 3. Let thine heart keep my commandments, for long life 
and peace shall they add to thee. 

xiii. 32. Blessed are they that keep thy wavs. 

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284 Disobedience. Chap. XV. 

Prov. xix. 16. He that keepeth the commandments, kcepeth his 
own soul. 

xxix. 18. He that keepeth the law happy is he. 

Isa. xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O that thou hadst hearkened 
to my commandments, then had thy peace been a river, and thy 
righteousness as the waves of the sea. 

Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways and see, and 
ask for the old paths, where is the good way and walk therein, and ye 
shall find rest for your souls. 

vii. 23. This thing commanded I your fathers, saying, obey my 
voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people, walk ye in 
all my ways that it may be well with you. 

xxvi. 13. Obey the voice of the Lord your God, and he will repent 
him of the evil, that he hath pronounced against you. 

Ezek. xviii. 5. If a man be just and do^hat which is right, 

Ver. 9. And hath walked in my statutes, and kept my judgments, 
he shall surely Utc. Ver. 18, 19, Ch. xxxvii. 24. 

Matt. vii. 22. Jesus said, not every one that saith unto me. Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doth the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. 

xii. 50. Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in hea- 
ven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 

xix. 17, If thou wilt enter into life keep the commandments. 

Luke xi, 28. Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it. 

John ix. 3 1. If any man be a worshipper of God and doth his will, 
him he heareth. 

xiii. 17, If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 

Rom. ii. 13. Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but 
the doers of the law shall be justified. 

1 John ii. 17. He that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 

iii. 22. Whatsoever things we ask we receive of him, because we 
keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his 
sight. 

Rev. xxii, 14. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that 
they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through 
the gates into the city. 

DISOBEDIENCE. 

LXVni. Threats against the disobedient. Deut. xxviii. 15. If thou 
wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and 
to do all his commandments and his statutes, all these curses shall 
come upon thee and overtake thee. 

Ver. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou 
be in the field. 

Ver. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

Ver. 18, Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 
land, and the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep. 

Ver. 19. Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed 
shalt thou be when thou goest out. 

Ver. 20. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and re- 
buke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou 



Chap. XV. Obedience to Christ. 285 

be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, because of the wicked- 
ness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. See to the end 
of this Chap, also the parallel place, Levit. xxvi. 14 to 40. contain- 
ing threatenings of many dreadful calamities. See also the following 
scriptures, wherein the disobedient are threatened with the evils of 
war, famine, pestilence, sickness, death, &c, &c. Neh. ix. 26. Isa. 

xxiv. 1 to 13. — xliii. 27, 28 Ixv. 12. Jer. vi. 19, 22, 23. — xxv. 4 to 

9. — xxvi. 4, 6. — xxix. 17. 

Eph. ii. 2. The prince of the power of the air worketh in the 
children of disobedience. 

V. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience. 
Col. iii. 6. 

1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for the lawless and disobedient. 

1 Pet. ii. 7. To them which be disobedient, Christ is a stone of 
stumbling anda rock of offence. See the threatenings against the 
wicked, ungodly, and other sins mentioned. 

OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXIX Obedience to Christ* 8 command. Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye and 
teach all nations, ver. 20. to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you, and lo I am with you alway, unto the end of the 
world. 

John xiv. 1 5. If ye love me keep my commandments. Ver. 21,23. 

Ver. 24. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings. 

XV. 14. Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you. 
Ver. 10. 

1 Cor. ix. 21. Being under the law to Christ. 

James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. Ch. 
ii. 8, 12, 17. 

1 John ii. 3. Hereby do we know that we know him, if we keep 
his commandments. 

Ver. 4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his com- 
mandments, is a lier, and the truth is not in him. 

Ver. 5. But whoso keepeth his word, verily in him is the love of 
God perfected. 

John viii. 31. If ye continue in my word then are ye my disciples 
indeed. 

LXX. Promises to them that obey Christ, Matt. vii. 24. Whoso- 
ever heareth these sayings of mine and doth them, 1 will liken him 
unio a wise man which built his house upon a rock : 

Ver. 25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
wind blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was found- 
ed upon a rock. 

John viii. 5 1. If a man keep my sayings he shall never see death. 

xii. 26. If any man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am 
there shall also my servant be. If any man serve me, him will my Fa- 
ther honour. 

Heb. V. 9. Christ became the author of eternal salvation to them 
that obey him. 

Rev. ii. 26. He that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will 
I give power over the nations. 

V^er. 2S. I v/ill give him the morning star. Ver. 17. 



286 IVorh: CiiAP. XV. 

Rev. xi. 18 The time is come that thou shouldst give a reward 
unto thy servants the prophets, &c. 

LXXI. Promises to them that overcome temptations in the obedience 
of Christ. 

Rev. ii. 7. He shall eat of the tree of life. 

Ver. 11. Shall not be hurt of the second death. 

Ver. 17. Hidden manna and a white stone and new name shall be 
given him. 

Ver. 26. Power over the nations given to him. 

lii. 5. Shall be cloathed in white. 

Ver. 12. Shall be a pillar in Christ's temple. 

Ver. 21. Shall sit with Christ in his throne. 

xxi. 7. Shall inherit all things. 

DISOBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXXH. Disobedience to C/irist,, Threats. Matt. vii. 26. Every one 
that heareth these sayings of mine and doth them not, shall be liken- 
ed unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand, and the 
rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat up- 
on that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof. 

Luke vi. 46. Why call ye me. Lord, Lord, and do not the things 
that I say. 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies that would not that I should reign 
over them, brin.s: hither and slay before me.' 

Rom. X. 16. They have not all obeyed the gospel. Isa. liii. I. 

xvi. 18. Some serve notour Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. 

Gal. iii. I . Who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the 
truth. 

2 Thess. i. 7. The Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from hea- 
ven with his mighty angels. 

Ver. 8. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

Ver. 10. When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and ad- 
mired in all them that believe. 

1 Pet. iv. 17. What shall be the end of them that obey not the 
gospel? See Ps. ii. 12. Deut. xviii. 18, 19. Rev. xii. 5. — xix. 15. 
See Christ's kingly office. 

Works. 

LXXUL God will render to mankind according to their works^ good 
or bad. 

Jobxxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do wickedness. 

Ver. 11. For the work of a man will he render unto him, and cause 
every man to find according to liis work. 

Ps. Ixii. 12. The Lord rendereth unto every man according to liis 
work. 

Eccl. xii. 4. God will ])ving every man's work into judgment. 
1 Cor. xiii. 3. Every man's works shall be made manifest. 



(Cha?. XV. Wvrh, ^S7 

Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with them? 
for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 

Isa. iii. 1 1. Wo unto the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for the 
reward of his hands shall be given him. 

Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the heart and try the reins, even 
to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit 
of his doings. Prov. xxiv. 12. 

xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of men, 
to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit 
of his doings. 

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come in his glory with his 
angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his works. 

Rom. ii. 6. God will render to every man according to his works. 

2 Cor. v. 10. We must all appear before the judgment-seat of 
Christ ; that every one miay receive the things done in his body, ac- 
cording to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 

Gal. vi. 7. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man doth, the same. shall 
he receive of the Lord. 

1 Pet. i. 17. God without respect of persons judgeth according to 
every man's work. 

Rev. ii. 23. All the churches shall know that I am he which search- 
eth the reins and hearts, and I will give unto every one of you ac- 
cording unto your works. 

Rev. XX, 12. I saw the dead small and great stand before God, and 
the books were opened, and another book was opened which is the 
book of life, and the dead were judged out of those things which 
were written in the books according to their works. 

xxii. 12. Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to 
give every man according as his works shall be. See this reward 
prayed for, against the wicked. Neh. vi. 14. Ps. xxviii. 4. 2 Tim. 
iv. 14. Threatened against the wicked. Jer. xxi. 14 — xxv. 14. Ezek. 
vii. 27. — xxiv. 14. Mic. vii. 13. 2 Cor. xi. 15. 

LXXIV. Good luorks co7n?nar}ded. Matt. v. 16. Let your light so 
shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. ii. 12, 15. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord, unto all pleasing, being fruit- 
ful in every good work. John xv. 8. Herein, saith Christ, is my Fa- 
ther glorified, that ye bear much fruit, so shall ye be my disciples. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that women adorn themselves with good 
works. 

v. 10. Let a widow be taken into the number, having followed e- 
very good work. 

2 Tim. ii. 21. If a man purge himself from these sins, he shall 
be a vessel sanctified unto honour, and meet for the master's use* 
and prepared unto every good work. 

Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works^ 

iii. 1. Put them in mind to be ready to every good work. 

Ver. 8, These things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they 

who have believed in God, might be careful to maintain o-ood works, 

these things are good and profitable unto men. 



288 IVorks, Chap. XV. 

Ver. 14. Let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessa- 
ry uses. 

Heb. X. 24. Let us consider one another, to provoke unto love 
and to good works. See Jam. iii. 13. 

LXXV. Ability for fierforming good works^ firomised. Isa. xxvi. 2 1 . 
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us, for thou hast wrought all our 
works in us. 2 Cor. v. 5. 

ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth, saith the Lord. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make ail grace abound toward you, 
that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to e- 
very good work. 

Eph. ii. 10. We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus 
unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should 
walk in them. 

iii. 20. His power worketh in us. Eph. i. 19. 

Phil. i. 6. He that hath begun a good work in you, will perform 
it until the day of Christ. 

Phil. ii. 12. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for 
it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good plea- 
sure. 

2 Thess. ii. 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ, and God even our Father, 
comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. The scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 
for correction and instruction in righteousness. 

Ver. 17. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fur- 
nished unto all good works. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, 
and preserve me to his heavenly kingdom. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous 
of good works . 

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your conscience 
from dead works to serve the living God. 

xiii. 20. Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
the biood of the everlasting covenant ; 

Ver. 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, 
working in you, that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Je- 
sus Christ, to whom be glory, for ever and ever. Amen. See ability 
for obedience. Also see, God doth strengthen, lead, guide. Sec. 

LXXVL Promises to the performance of good works, Heb. vi. 10. 
God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love. 

Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour and peace to every one that worketh 
good. 

Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he 
have rejoicing in himself, and not in another. 

James i. 25. A doer of the work shall be blessed in his deed. 

ii. 17. Faith without works is dead. See this Ch. from ver. 14 to 
24. 

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, they rest 



Chap. XV. Doing Good .289 

from their labours, and their works do follow them. See 2 Chron. 
XV. 7. — xxxi. 20, 21. Isa. xlix. 4. Jer. xxxi. 16. Rev. ii. 2 — ix. 13, 
19, 26, 28. — iii. 1, 8, 15. 

LXXVII. Examfiks of good vjorks. Acts x. 28. Jesus went about 
doing good. John x. 32. See examples of obedience in the above 2d 
or 3d Ch. of Rev. 

LXXVIII. Omission of good nvorks. Thi'eats. Luke xii. 47. That ser- 
vant which knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be beaten with 
many stripes. 

James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, de- 
ceiving yourselves. See the parable of the talent hid in the earth. 
Matt. XXV. 25, 26, 30. And Christ's sentence against the v»dcked, for 
omitting duty. Matt. xxv. 41, 42. The unfruitful tree cut down. 
Matt. iii. lOi — vii. 19. Luke iii. 9 — xiii. 6, 10. John v. 2. The bar- 
ren fig-tree cursed. Matt. xxi. 19. The parable of the seed sown, 
not bearing fruit. Matt. xiii. 23. Mark iv. 4. Luke viii. 8. The ser- 
vants professing but not working. Matt. xxi. 30. Not being rich to- 
ward God. Luke xii. 20, 2 1 . is being like a fool. James iv. 17. Jude 
12. Deut. xxxii. 32. Heb. vi. 8. 

DOING GOOD. 

LXXIX. Shunning evil and doing good, commanded. Ps. xxxiv. 14. 
Depart from evil, and do good. Ps. xxxvii. 3, 8, 27. Isa. Ivi. 2. isa. 
L 16. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

Ps. xcvii. 10. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil. 

Matt. xii. 12. It is lawful to do well on the sabbath day. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. i pray God, that ye do no evil. 

1 Pet. ii. 15. It is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put 
to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 

iii. 11. Eschew evil and do good. V^er. 17. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil doer. 

1 John ver. 11. Follow not that which is evil, but that which is 
good. 

Examples, Job i. 1. Job feared God and eschewed evil. Ver. 8. 
Ch. ii. 3. 

Ps. cxix. 10. I have refrained my feet from every evil way. 

Acts x. 38. Jesus went about doing good. 

LXXX. Promises to them that do good, that do well. Gen. iv. 7. If 
thou dost well, shalt thou not be accepted ? 

Matt. xxvi. 44. Blessed is thdt servant whom his Lord shall nnd 
so doing. 

Rom. ii. 7. To those who seek for glory, honour, and immortality, 
by a patient continuance in well-doing, God will give eternal life. 

Ver. 10. Glory, honour and peace to every man that worketh good. 

Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season 
we shall reap if we taint not. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good thing any man doth, the same shall 
he receive of the Lord. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let them that suffer according to the v/ili of God, 
commit the keeping of their souls lo him in well doing. 



290 Evil Doers. Chap. XV 

EVIL DOERS. 

LXXXI. Kv'd doers and their works to he a-voided, Exocl. xxiii. 2. 
Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil. 

Ver. 24. Thou shall not do after their works. Lev. xviii. 3. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation of evil doers, 1 will not 
sit with the wicked. 

ci. 3. I hate the works of them that turn aside, it shall not cleave 
to me. Ver. 8. 

cxix. 115. Depai't from me, ye evil doers, for I will keep the com- 
mandments of my God. 

cxli. 4. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked 
works with men that work iniquity. 

Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that keepeth his hand from doing evil. 

Matt, xxiii. 3. Do ye not after the works of the Scribes and Pha- 
i:isees, for they say and do not. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this world. 

Eph. iv. 17. Walk not as other Gentiles. 

1 Pet. iv. 3. The time past of our life may suffice us, to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles. 

Rev. xviii. 4. I heard a voice, saying, come out, my people, that 
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 
Isa. li. 1 1. 2 Cor. vi. 17. Evil company is to be avoided, besides some 
of the above scriptures, See Ps. i. 1, 2.— cxxv. 11. Prov. i. 15. — 
iv. 14. — xvi. 29.— X xii. 25. 

LXXXII. Doing evil the character of the wicked, Ps. xxxvi. 3. 
The wicked hath left off to be wise and to do good. Ps. xiv. 3. — liii. 
I, 3. Rom. iii. 12. 

Prov. ii. 14. The wicked rejoice to do evil. (Mic. vii. 3.) They do 
evil with both hands. 

Eccl. viii. 1 1. Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily ; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set 
rn them to do evil. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people are wise to do evil, but to do good they have 
no knoM'ledge. 

xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his 
spots, then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 

R.om. vii. 19. The good that I would 1 do not, but the evil which 
I would not, that I do. 

Ver. 21.1 find a law in my members that when I would do good, 
evil is present with me. 

LXXXllI. Threats against evil doers, 2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord 
shall reward the doer of evil, according to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil doers. 

Ps. xxxiv. 16. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
i Pet. iii. 12. Mic. iii. 4. 

XXXV ii. 9. Evil doers shall be cut off. 

Isa. i. 4. A seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters. 

Ver. 15. When ye make many prayers I will not hear. See threats 
from ver. 5 to 16, 

xiv. 20, The seed of evil doers shall never be renowned. 



Chap. XV. The Righteous not in Darkness. S91 

Isa. xxxi. 2. God will arise against the house of evil doers. Ps^ 
xciv. 16. 

jer. iv. 4. Thus saith the Lord, circumcise yourselves to the Loi*d, 
lest my fury come forth like fire and burn that none can quench it. 
because of the evil of your doings. Ch. xxi. 12. Ezek. xxxvi. IT 
Jer. xxvi. 3 xliv. 22. 2 Kings xxii. 17. 

xviii. 10. If a nation do evil in my sight, I will repent me of the 
good wherewith I said I would benefit there* 

Ezek. xxxvi. 9. According to their way^ and according to their do= 
ings, I judged them. Hos. iv. 9 — xii- 2. Zech. i. 6. 

Hos. vii. 2. Their. own doings have beset them about. Jer. iv^ 18, 

Rom. ii. 9. Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every soul of 
man that doth evil. See Deut. iv. 25, 26. — xxxi. 29. Isa. iv. 18, 20, 
22. — lix. 6. — kvi. 18. Jer. vil. 13, 18.-^xxxii. 30.-^xliv. 8, Ezek- 
xxi. 24. — xxxiii. 26, 29. 

WORKS OF DARKNESS. 

LXXXIV. Darkness and the works thereof. Ps. Ixxxii. 5. The 
wicked walk in darkness. 

Prov. ii. 13. Evil men leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in 
the paths of darkness. 

iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as darkness. 

John iii. 19. Men love darkness rather than light, because their 
deeds are evil. 

Rom i. 21. Their foolish heart was darkened. Ver. 22. They be* 
came fools. 

Eph. iv. 18. Having the understanding darkened. Matt. vl. 23. 

1 John. ii. 9, 1 1. He that hateth his brother is in darkness. 

Rev. xvi. 10. The kingdom of the beast was full of darkness. 

LXXXV. Threats. Isa. v. 20. Woe to them that call evil good, and 
good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness. 

xxix. 15. Woe to them whose works are in the dark. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to light the hidden things of 
darkness. 

NOT IN DARKNESS* 

LXXXVI. The righteous walk not in darkness. John viii. 12. He 
that folio weth Christ shall not walk in darkness. Ch. xiii. 35. 

Acts xxvi. 18. The Lord said to Paul, I send thee to open men's 
eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of 
Satan unto God. 

Rom. xiii. 12. Let us cast off the unfruitful works of darkness. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What communion hath light with darkness. 

Eph. V. 1 1. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of dark- 
ness. 

vi. 12. Wrestle against the rulers of the darkness of this world. 

Col. i. 13. God hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 
i Pet. ii. 9. 

1 Thess- V. 4. Ye are not in darkness. 

Ver. V. Ye are all the children of light, and of the day. 

1 John i. 6. If we say that we have fellov.'ship with him and walli 
in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. 

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Works of the Flesh. 



Chap. XV. 



DEAD WORKS. 



LXXXVII. The wicked^ and their ivorka called dead^ the rif^hteous 
are alive from the dead. Rom. vi. 13. Yield yourselves unto God as 
those that are alive from the dead. 

Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses 
and sins. 

Eph. V. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and 
Christ shall give thee light. 

Col. ii. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he quickened. 

1 Tim. v. 6. She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 

Heb. vi. 1. Repentance from dead works. 

ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge your conscience from dead 
works, to serve the living Cod. 

Jude 12. The wicked are as trees twice dead. 

Rev. iii. 1. Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead. 



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WORKS OF THE DEVIL, CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. 

LXXXVIII. Works of the devil, children of the devil, John viii. 44. 
To the wicked Jesus said, ye are of your father the devil, and the 
lusts of your father ye will do. 

Acts xiii. 10. Paul said, O thou child of the devil, thou enemy of 
all righteousness. 

1 Tim. iv. I. Some will depart from the faith, giving heed to se- 
ducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is of the devil. 

Ver. 10. In this the children of Cod are manifest and the children 
of the devil, whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God. 

LXXXIX. The righteous have no ftfllovjship ivith the children of the 
deviL 1 Cor. x. 20. I would not that ye should have fellowship v/ith 
devils. Ver. 21. 

Eph. iv. 27. Neither give place to the devil. 

James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he will fiee from you. 

WORKS OF THE FLESH. 



XC. Works of the flesh, living after thefesh. Rom. vii. 5. When 
we were in the flesh, the motions of sin did work in our members to 
bring forth fruit unto death. 

Ver. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good thing. 

Ver. 25. With the flesh I serve the law of sin. 

viii. 6. To be carnally minded is death. 

Ver. 7. The carnal mind is enmity against God. 

Ver. 13. If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. 

xiii. 14. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for 
the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

2 Cor. vii. I. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh 
and spirit. 

Gal. V. 17. The flesh lusteth against tlie Spirit. 

Ver. 19. The works of the flesh are adultery, fornication, unclean- 
ncssj lasciviousness, kc. 



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Gal. V. 24, They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh. 
vi. 8. He that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption^ 
Eph. ii. 1. Ye were dead in trespasses and sins. 
Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course 
of this world. 

Ver. 3. In the lusts of your flesh fulfilling the desires of flesh and 
of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath. Ver. 1 1. 

Col. ii. 11. Putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the cir- 
cumcision of Christ. 
Ver. 13. You being dead in your sins hath he quickened. 
Ver. 1 8. Let no man beguile you vainly puffed up by his fleshy mind. 
1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshy lusts which war against the soul, 
iv. 2. Live not in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of 
God. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world 
through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they 
are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse 
with them than the beginning. 

1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the 
pride of life, is not of the Father. 

XCI. Lusts of the Jie&h forbidden to Christians. Rom. vi. 12. Let 
not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts 
thereof. Ver. 13. 

xiii. 14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus, and make not provision for the 
flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

Gal. V. 16. Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of 
the flesh. 

Ver. 17. For the flesh iusteth against the Spirit. 
Ver. 24. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh wuth the 
affections and lusts. 

Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old njan which is corrupt according to the 
deceitful lusts. 
2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith. Sec. 
Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live 
soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. 

1 Pet. i. 14. As obedient children not fashioning yourselves accord- 
ing to the former lusts in your ignorance. 

ii. 11. I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from flesh- 
ly lusts w^hich vfdiV a-anist the soul. 

iv. 2. Live no longer to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 
Ver. 3. The time past of our life may suftice us to have wrought 
the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, 
excess of wine, revelUngs, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. 
2 Pet. i. 4. There are given to us exceeding great and precious 
promises, that by these ye might be partakers of a divine nature, 
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust, 

1 John ii. 16. All that is in the world, the lusts of the flesh, the 
lust of the eye, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of 
the world. 

Ver. 17. The world passeth away and the lust thereof. 
XCII, Lusting afer won: en. Prov. vi. 25. Lust not after beautVj 
\vi thine heart. 



29^ The Righteous not corrupt. Ghap. XV. 

Matt. V. 28. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, 
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

XCIII. Lusting aftttr meats and drinks. See instances in the Jews 

punished. Numb. xi. 4, 34. Ps. Ixxviii. 18, 30 .Ixxxi. 12. — cvi. 14. 

1 Cor. X. 6. 

XCIV. The evil of lusts'. John Aiii. 44. They are of the devil. 

1 John ii. 26. They are of the world. Mark iv. 19. They choak the 
word* 

Eph. ii, 3. They prevail in the children of disobedience and 
wrath. 

1 Thess. iv. 5. In those who knew not God. Tit. iii. 3. 

James i. 14. By them men are drawn away to sin, and enticed. 
Ver. 15. 2 Pet. ii. 18. 

iv, 1. From them proceed wars and fightings among men., Ver. 2, 
3, 5. Because of them prayers are not answered. 

2 Tim. iv. 3. Through them men pervert the gospel. Ch, iii. 6. 

2 Pet. iii. 3. Jude ver. 16, 18. 

\ Tim- vi. 9o They drown men in destruction and perdition. 

COJIRUPTION OF SIN. 

XCV. Corruption firevailing. Gen. vi. 1 1, The earth was corrupt 
before God. 

vi. 12. For all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 

Exod. xxxii. 7. The Lord said unto Moses, thy people have cor- 
rupted themselves. Deut. ix. 12. 

Ver. 8, They have turned aside quickly, out of the way, Deut. 
xxxi. %9. 

Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not 
the spot of God's children, they are a perverse and wicked genera- 
tion, 

Ver, 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord ? O foolish people, and un^ 
wise. Judges ii. 19. 

Matt, vii. 17. A corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Ver. 18. 
Ch. xii, 23, 

Rev. xix, 2. The great whore did corrupt the earth, with her for- 
Tiications, See Isa. i. 4. Hos. ix. 9. Zeph. iii. 38. 

XCVL Conf€ssio7i of corruption. Neh. i- 7. We have dealt very 
corruptly against thee, and have not kept thy commandments, &c, 
Ezek^ XX, 44. Pardon promised, 

T^E RIGHTEOUS NOT CORRUPT. 

XCVIL The righteous not corrufit, Eph, iv. 22. Put off the old 
inaU) which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and put on 
the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true 
holiness. 

2 Pet. i. 4. God hath given to us exceeding great and precious 
promises, that by these ye might be partakers of a divine nature* 
having escaped the corruption that is in the world, through lust. See 
1 Pet, i, 22, 23,' 



Chap. XV, Undeanness, 295 

DEFILEMENT OF SIN. 

XCVIII. Defilement of sin. Matt. xv. 1 8. Those things which pro- 
ceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and defile the man. 
Ver. 11. 

V^er. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoug-hts, murders, 
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 

Ver. 20. These are the things which defile a man. 

XCIX. Threats. Lev. xviii. 25. The land is defiled, therefore I do 
visit the iniquity thereof upon it. 

Ver. 28. The land shall spue you out, when ye defile it, as it spued 
out the nations before you. 

Numb. XXXV. 34. Defile not the land wherein I dwell, for I the 
Lord dwell among the children of Israel. Ch. xliii. T-, 8. 

Isa. xxiv. 5. The earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, be- 
cause they have transgressed the law, changed the ordinances, &c. 

Ver. 6. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of 
heaven any thing that defileth, &c. See Ezek. xxxvi. 17, 18. Hos. 
V. 3, 6. Tit. i 15. Heb. xii. 15, 

Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names, which have not defiled their 
garments. 

UNCLEANNESS. 

C. Uncleanness of sin, Isa. vi. 5. I dwell in the midst of a people 
of unclean lips, 

Ezek. xliv. 23. Cause them to discern betv^een the clean and 
unclean. Ch. xxii. 26. 

Matt, xxiii. 2. Ye are full of all uncleanness. 

Rom. vi. 19. Ye yielded your members servants to uncleanness. 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh are uncleanness. 

Eph. iv. 19. Who being past feeling have given themselves over 
to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Rom. 
i. 24. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to 
be punished. 

Ver. 10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lusts of 
uncleanness. 

CI. Confession of uncleanness, Isa. Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean 
thing, and our righteousness as filthy rags. Ch. i. 5, 6. 

CII. Promises against uncleanness of sin. Isa. xxxv. 8. An highway 
shall be in the land, called the way of holiness, the unclean shall not 
pass over it. 

iii. I . Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, 
there shall no more come into thee, the uncircumcised and the un- 
clean. 

Ezek. :xxxvi. 29. I will save you from ail your uncleanness. 

Zech. xiii. I. There shall be a fountain opened for sin and ud- 
cleanness. 



296 VUeiiesn, Chap. XV. 

cm. Direccions, Eph. v. 3. Uncleanness let it not be named a- 
mongst you. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, uncleanness. 1 Thess. v. 7. 

CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness 
have I done unto them. 

Eph. V. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous 
man who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ 
and of God* 

POLLUTION. 

CV. 'Pollution. Ezek. xvi. 6, 22. I saw thee polluted in thine own 
blood, and said unto thee, live. 

Zeph. iii. 1. Woe to the city that is filthy and polluted. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, 
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they 
are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse 
with them than the beginning. See the wicked pollute God's name. 
Isa. XX. 9. — xlviii. 1 1. Jer. xxxiv. 16. Ezek. ^iii. 19, — xxxix. 7. Mai. 
i. 7. They pollute God's house. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 14. Ezek. xliv. 7. 
Zeph. iii. 4. They pollute God's Sabbaths. Isa. Ivi. 2. Ezek. xx. 13. 
to 24, 

riLTKlNESS. 

CVI. FilthinefiS. Ezra ix. 11. The land is unclean, with the filthi- 
ness of the people. Lam i. 9. 

Prov. XXX. 12. There is a generation that are pure in their own 
eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filthiness. Rev. xvii. 4. 

CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii. I. Let us cleanse ourselves from all 
filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

Eph. V. 4. Let not filthiness be once named amongst you. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communications. James i. 21. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. Lot was vexed with the filthy conversation of the 
wicke-d. 

Ezra vi. 21. The children of Israel, separated themselves from the 
filthiness of the heathen, to seek the Lord God of Israel. 

CVIII. Promises. Isa. iv. 3. Every one in Zion shall be called holy, 

Ver 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the 
daughters of Zion. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 5. From all your filthiness will I cleanse you. Ch. 
xxii. 15. — xxiv. 13. 

CIX. Threats. Rev. xxii. 1 1. He that is filthy let him be filthy stilL 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Thou shalt not be purged frona thy filthiness. 

VILENESSo 

ex. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I will judge Eli's house for 
ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth, because his sons made 
themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 

Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side when vile men are ex- 
alted, Ps. cxiv. 20. 

XV. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a vile person is despised. 



Chap. XV. The Just, ^7 

Jer. XY. 19. Take forth the precious fi-oir. the vile. 

Rom. i. 2 6. They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, 
wherefore God gave them over to vile affections. 

Ver. 27. He gave them over to a reprobate mind. 

CXI. Conftssion ofvileness. Job xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall 
I ansvi^er thee, I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Gen. xxxii. 10. 
Ezra ix.'6. 

ABOMINABLENESS. 

CXII. Abominableness of sin. Job xv. 16. How abominable and fil- 
thy is man, that drinketh iniquity like water ? 

Ps. xiv. 1. They have done abominable works, none doth good. 
Ps. liii. 1. 

Jer. xliv. 4. I sent unto you my servants, the prophets, saying, do 
not this abominable thing that I hate. Ezek. xxiii. 36. 

Ver. 7. Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own 
souls. 

Ezek, xviii. 24. When the righteous doth according to the abo- 
minations that the wicked man doth, he shall die. 

xxxiii. 29. They shall know that I am the Lord, when I have laid 
the land desolate for all their abominations. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, &c. 
shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. 

Ver. 27, There shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of hea- 
ven, any thing that defileth or worketh an abomination. 

These things are abomination in the sight of God, viz, the sacri- 
fice, the way, the thoughts of the wicked. Prov. xv. 8, 9, 26. He 
that justifieth the wicked. Prov. xvii. 15. The froward. Prov. iii. 

32. xi. 20. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law. 

Ch, xxviii. 9. Those that deny God in v/orks. Tit. i. 16, 

THE JUST^ 

CXUI. Promises to the just ^ and firayers for them, Ps. vii, 9. O let 
the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just, 

Prov. iii, 33. The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, 
but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 

iv. 18. The path of the just, is as the shining light, that shineth 
more and more unto the perfect day. 

x, 6. Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence cover- 
eth the mouth of the wicked. 

Ver. 7. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of th'p 
wicked shall rot. 

xi. 9. Through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 

vii. 13 The just shall come out of trouble. 

Ver. 21. There shall no evil happen to the just. 

xiii. 22. The wealth of the sinner, is laid up fi)r the just. Job xxvli. 

16. ir. 



:298 Good Men. Chap. XV. 

Prov. xvii. 15. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemn- 
eth the just, even they both arc an abomination to the Lord. 
'' Ver. 26. To punish the just is not g*ood. 

xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again, but 
the wicked shall fall into mischief. 

Isa. xxvi. 7. Thou dost weigh the path of the just. 

Ezek. xviii. 5, 9. If a man be just, and do that which is lawful and 
right, he shall surely live. 

Hab. ii. 4. The just shall live by faith. Rom. i. 17. Gal. iii. 1 i. 
Heb. X. 38. 

Luke i. 17. He shall turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the 
just. 

xiv. 13. AVhen thou makest a feast, call the poor. Sec. 

Ver. 14. Thou shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

Heb. xii. 23. 1 he spirits of just men made perfect. 

2 Pet. ii. 3. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conver- 
sation of the wicked. 

UNJUST. 

CXIV. Threatenings against the unjust. Prov. xi. 7. When a wick- 
ed man dieth his expectation shall perish, and the hope of the unjust 
man perisheth. 

xxix. 27. An unjust man is an abomination to the just. 

2 Pet ii. 9. The Lord knovveth how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to 
be punished. 

Ver. 10. But chiefly them that walk after the lusts of the flesh. 

CXV. The unjust hurtful in the earth. Ps. xliii. 1. O God deliver 
me from the unjust man. 

Isa. xxvi. 10. In the land of unrighteousness will he deal unjustly. 

Zeph. iii. 7. The unjust knoweth no shame. 

Luke 16. 10. He that is unjust in that which is least, is unjust al- 
so in much. 

1 Cor. vi. 1. Dare any of you go to law before the unjust. 
N. B. Just and unjust, in the above mentioned passages, are taken 

from a more universal character, than merely acts of civil justice 

between man and man. 

GOOD MEN. 

ex VI. The general character of a good man^s ivalk or life* 
Gen. v. 22. He v/ulketh with God. Ch vi. 9. 
xvii. 1. Walkcth before God. Ch. xxiv. 40. — xlviii. 15, 1 Sam 
ii. 35. 

1 Kings iii. 6. — viii. 25.-— ix. 4. Ps.hi. 13.— cxvi.9. Isa. xxxviii. ■'■>' 

Matt vi. 10. He doth the will of God. Heb. x. 36. 

Ps. xl. 8. He deiighteth to do God's will. 

Eph. vi. 6. He doth God's will from the heart. 

Col. iv. 12. He stands complete and perfect in the will of God, 

1 Pet. iv. 2. He lives to the will of God.. 

Exod. xvi. 4. He walketh in God's law. 



Ch-ap. XV. Evil Men. 299 

Ezek. xi. 20. In God's commandments, statutes and judgments. 
Ps. Ixxxix. 30. Ezek. xviii. 9. — xx. 19. — xxxvii. 24. Zech. x. 12. 
Luke i. 6. Gal. vi. 16. 

Ps. cxxviii. 1. In God's ways. Ps. cxix. 3. — cxliii. 8. Isa. ii. 3. 
Jer. vi. 16. Hos. xiv. 9. 

xxvi. 3. In God's truth. Ps. Ixxxvi. 11. Isa. ii. 5.— xxxviii. 3. 
2 John ver. 4, 6. 3 John \'er. 3. 4. 

Colii. 10. Worthy of God, to please him. 1 Thess. iv. 1. 

Col. ii. 6. Walk in Christ. 1 John ii. 6. Vv-^alk as Christ walked. 

Gal. V. 16. Walk after the Spirit. Rom. viii. 12. Led by the Spirit. 

Eph. V. 8. In the light. John viii. 12. — xii. 35. 1 John i. 7. 

iv. 1. Worthy of his vocation. 1 Cor. vii. IT. 
, Rom. vi. 14. Walketh in newness of life. Gal. vi. 16. 

Prov. xxviii. 26. W^alketh wisely. Eph. v. 15. Col. iv. 5. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Honestly, or honourably. 1 Thess. iv. 12. 
To which may be added the several dispositions of heart,, and duties 

of life toward God and man, mentioned in this work, to which 

promises are made. 

CXVil. Projnises to the good. 2 Chron. xix. 1 1. The Lord shall be 
with the good man. 

Ps. i. 3. Whatsoever he doth shall prosper. 

xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 

cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth, he will guide 
his affairs with discretion. 

Ver. 6. He shall not be moved for ever. 

Prov. ii. 20. Walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of 
the righteous. 

Ver. 2 1 . For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect 
shall remain in it. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord, but a man of 
\vicked devices will :.e condemn. 

xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's chil- 
dren, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 

xiv. 14. The backslider in heart, shall be filled with his own M'ays, 
but a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 

Ver. 19. The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the 
gates of the righteous. 

Eccl. li, 26. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom 
and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he giveth travel, to gather 
and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. 

Matt. XXV. 21. Christ will say, well done, good and f\uthful ser- 
vant enter into the joy of thy Lord. 

Rom. V. 7. For a good man some would even dare to die. 

EVIL MEN. 

CXVIII. Evil men. Ps. x. 15. O Lord, break thou the arm of the 
evil man. 
cxl. 1. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. 
Prov. ii. 10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, 
Ver. 11. Discretion shall preserve thee, 
\'er. 12. To deliver thee from the wav of the evil man. 

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Ps. iv. 14. Enter not in the path of the wicked, and go not in the 
\vay of evil men. 

Ver. 15. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn away from it, and pass away. 

xvii. 1 I . An evil man seeketh only rebellion. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be 
with them. Ver. 19, 20. 

xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not judgment. 

xxix. 6. In the transgression of an evil man is a snare. 

Matt. xii. 35. An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, 
bringeth forth evil things. 

2 Tim. iii. 9. Evil m^en shall wax worse and worse. 

PERVERSENESS. 

CXIX. Perverseness charged ujion sinners. Deut. xxxii. 5. They 
have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of God's chil- 
dren, they are a perverse and crooked generation. 

1 Kings viii. 47. We have sinned and done perversely, we have 
committed wickedness. 

Job ix. 20. If I say I am perfect, my mouth shall prove me per- 
verse. 

xxxiii. 27. I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and 
it profited me nothing. 

Jer. iii. 21. They have perverted their way, and have forgotten 
the Lord their God. 

xxiii. ^6. They have perverted the words of the li^ ing God. 

Ezek. ix. 9. The city is full of perverseness, for they say, the Lord 
hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not. 

Matt. xvii. 17. Jesus said, O faithless and perverse generation. 

CXX. Threats. Numb. xxii. 32. The angel said to Balaam, I went 
out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse. 

Prov. X. 9. He that is perverse in his ways shall be known. 

xi. 3. The perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 

xii. 8. He that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. 

xxviii. 6. Better is he that walketh in his uprightness, than he that 
is perverse in his ways though he be rich. 

Ver. 18. He that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 

Mic. iii. 9. Hear, ye that .pervert all iniquity. 

Ver. 12. Zion for your sakes shall be plowed as a field. 

Perverse lifis. Prov. iv. 24. — viii. 8. — -xv. 4. — xix. I. — xvii. 2(J. 
Isa. lix. 3. 

FROWARDNESS. 



CXXI. Threats against the froward. Deut. xxxii. 20. I will hide 
my face from them, they are a very froward generation, children in 
whom is no faith. 

Job V. 13. The counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 

Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure, and with 
the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward, 2 Sam. xxii. 27. 



Prov. iii. 32. 

20. 



The froward is an abomination to the Lord, Ch. xi. 



,xvii. 20. He that hath a froward heart findeth no good. 



Chap. XV. Revolting, 



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Prov. xxi. 8. The way of the froward is strange, but as for the 
pure his work is y\^\m. 

xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward, but he 
that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 

Isa. Ivii. 7. I smote him, he went on frowardly in the way of his 
heart. 

CXXII. The righteous not froward. Ps. ci. 4. A froward heart 
shall depart from me. 

Prov. viii. 8 All the words of wisdom's mouth are righteousness, 
there is nothing froward or perverse in them. See froward tongue, 
froward mouth. 

Prov. vi. 12. A wicked man walketh with a froward mouth. 

X. 31. The froward tongue shall be cut out. 

Ver. 32. The mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Ver. 30. 

xvi. 28. A froward man soweth strife. See Ch. xvii. 20. 

STUBBORXXESS. 

CXXIII. Stubbornness^ the stiff necked in their own ivays, andivaye 
of their own sight and eyes. Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said, it is a 
stiif-necked people. 

Ver. 10. Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them, 
that I may consume them. 

xxxiii. 3, 5. The Lord said, I will not go up in the midst of thee, 
lest I consume thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people. Deut. ix. 6, 13. 

Deut. xxix. 19. If any say, I shall have peace, though I walk in 
the imagination of my heart to add drunkenness to thirst. 

Ver. 20. The Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the Lord 
and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that 
are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot 
©Ut his name from under heaven, 

I Sam. XV. 23. Stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 

Jer. vii. 24. They turned not, nor inclined their ear, but walked 
in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil hearts, and went 
backward and not forward. Ver. 25, 26. 

Ver. 29. The Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of 
his wrath. 

xxxi. 18. Ephraim said, thou hast chastised me as a bullock un- 
accustomed to the yoke. 

Acts vii. 5 1. Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised-in heart and ears, 
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 2 Chron. xxx. 8. 

The same thing is imfilied in those exfiressions of walking after the 
counsel or the imagination of an evil hearty as in the following scrihtures. 

Eccl. xi. 9. O young man, v/alk in the ways of thine heart and in 
the sight of thine eyes, but know, that for all these things God will 
bring thee to judgment. 

Jer. iii. 17. Neither shall ihey walk any more after the imagina' 
tion of their evil heart. Ch. ix. 14.— xi. 8,-— xiii. 10,— xvi. 12. — xvii. 
23. — xxiii, 17. 

REVOLTIXG. 

CXXIII. The wicked are revolters. Isa. i. 5, Vvhy Traill ve he 
stricken any more, ye will revolt inore and more. 



SQ2 Rebellion, Chap. XV. 

Isa. xxxi. 6. The children of Israel have deeply revoke 1. 
Jer. V. 23. This people hath a revolting and rebellious heart. Ch. 
vi. 23. 

Hos. ix. 15. I will love them no more, all their princes are re- 

volters. 

REBELLION. 

CXXV. Rebellion against God forbidden. Numb. xiv. 9. Rebel not 
against the Lord, the Lord is with us. Ps. Ixxviii. 8. 

Jos. xxii. 29. The people said, God forbid that we should rebel 
against the Lord, and turn from following him. 

Threats. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye will rebel against the commandment 
of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was 
against your fathers. 

XV. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, stubbornness is as 
iniquity and idolatry. 

Neh. ix. 26. They were disobedient and rebelled against thee, and 
cast thy law behind their backs, and wrought great provocations. 

Ver. 27. Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hands of their 
enemies, who vexed them. 

Ps. Ixviii. 6. Rebels dwell in a dry land. 

cvii. 1 1. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and con- 
temned the counsels of the Most High. 

Ver. 12. Therefore he brought down their heart with labour, 
they fell down, and there was none to help. See Num.xx. 24. — xxvii. 
14. Deut.i. 26, 43.— -ix. 7, 23, 24 — xxxi. 27. 

Isa. i. 2. I have nourished and brought up children, and they have 
rebelled against me. 

Ver. 9. Except the Lord had left us a very small remnant, we 
should have been as Sodom and like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 19, 20. 

XXX. i. Woe to rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take coun- 
sel but not of me, and that cover with a covering, but not of my 
Spirit. 

Ver. 9. This is a rebellious people, lying children, that will not 
liear the law of the Lord. 

xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth with his Maker. 

Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit, therefore he 
was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 

Ixv. 2. I have spread out mine hands all day to a rebellious people, 
which walketh in a way tha.t is not good, after their own thoughts. 

Ixv. 3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my 
face. 

Ver. 6. I will recompense into their bosom their iniquities. 

Jer. iv. 17. Enemies are against thee round about, because she 
hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 18. Thy ways and thy doings have procured these things 
unto thee. 

Lam. i. 13. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, Sic. 

Ver. 18. The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his 
commandments. 

iii. 42. We have transsrressed and rebelled. 



Chap. XV. JVicked, 303 

Lam. iii. 43. Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us. 

Ezek. XX. 8. They rebelled against me, I said, I will pour out my 
fury upon them, to accomplish mine anger against them. Ver. 13, 
21, 38. 

Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and 
have done wickedly, and have rebelled even by departing from thy 
precepts, and from thy jud;j,'ments. 

Hos. vii. 13. Woe unto them that rebel against me. Ch. xiii. 18. 

ENEMIES, ADYERSARIES. 

CXXVr. Enemies^ adversaries of the Lord. Deut. xxxii, 43. God 
will render vengeance to his adversaries. 

1 Sam. ii. 10. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pie- 
ces. 

Ps. xxxvii. 20. The enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of 
lambs, into smoke shall they consume away. 

Ixviii. I. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered. Ps. Ixxxiii. 
1, 2. 

Ver. 2 1. God shall wound the head of his enemies. 

xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies 
round about. 

Isa. i. 24. I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of 
mine enemies, saith the Lord. 

lix. 18. According to their deeds, he will repay fury to his adver- 
saries. 

Ixiv. 2. Make thy name known to thine adversaries. 

Ixvi. 6. A voice of noise from the city, a voice of the Lord, that 
rendereth recompence to his enemies. 

Ver. 14. The indignation of the Lord shall be known toward his 
enemies. 

Jer. xlvi. 10. This is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of 
vengeance, that he may avenge hira of his adversaries 

Ndh. i. 2. The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, he re- 
serveth wrath for his enemies. 

Ver. 8. Darkness shall pursue his enemies. 

Heb. X. 2/. Fiery hidignation shall devour the adversaries. Ver. 1 3. 

CXXVTL Dei.verance from enmity against God. Rom. v. 10. When 
we were enemies we were reconciled by the death of his Son. 

Col. i. 2 I. You wdio were enemies in your minds by wicked works-, 
hath he reconciled. 

AVICKEI). 

CXXVIII. Got/'.s threatevArgs agaivst the %vicked. Exod. x iii. 7". 
I will not justify the wicked. Nah, i. 3. The Lord will not acquit the 
wicked. 

Deut. xxviii. 20. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexations 
and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do ; untii 
thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the 
wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsaken me. 

2 Sam. iii 39. The Lord will reward the doer of evil, accordin^s; 
to his w'lckedness. Ps. xxviii. 4. — xeiv. 23. Isa. xiv. lo. 



304 Wicked. Chap. XV. 

2 Chron. vi. 23. Judge thy servants by requiting the wicked, by 
recompensing' his way upon his own head. 

Job X. 3. God will not shine upon the counsel of the wicked. 

XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon the wicked, and 
rain it upon them. 

xxi. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? and how oft 
cometh their destruction upon them ? God distributeth sorrows in his 
anger. 

V^er. 19. God layeth up his iniquity for his children, he rewardeth 
him, and he shall know it. 

Ver. 20. His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of 
the wrath of the Almighty. 

xxvii, 13. This is the portion of a wicked man from God. See to 
ver. 22. 

Ver. 22. For God shall cast upon him and shall not spare. 

xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of the wicked. 

Ps V. 4. Thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness. Ps. 
xi. 5. 

vii. 1 1. God is angry with the wicked every day. 

ix. 5. Thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their me- 
mory for ever. 

x. 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked. Ps.xxxvii. 17. The arms 
of the wicked shall be broken. 

xi. 6. Upon the wicked God shall rain snares, fire and brimstone 
and an horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup. Jer. 
xxiii. 19. — XXX. 23. 

xxviii. 3. Draw me not away with the wicked. 

Ver. 4. Give them according to their deeds. 

Ver. 5. The Lord shall destroy them and not build them up. 

Ixxiii. 1 8. Thou didst set the wicked in slippery places. 

Ixxv. 8. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine 
is red, it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the ^ame ; but the 
dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and 
drink them. 

xciv. 3. Lord, how long shall the v/icked triumph ? Ver. 23. God 
shall bring upon them their own iniquity. 

cvii. 34. God turneth a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wick- 
edness of them that dwell therein. Jer. xii. 4. 

cxix. 1 19. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross. 

cxxix. 4. The Lord hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 

cxxxix. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God. 

cxl. 8. Grant not, O Lord, the desire of the wicked. 

civ. 20. All the wicked will the Lord destroy. 

cxlvi. 9. The way of the wicked he turneth upside down, 

cxlvii. 6. The Lord casteth the wicked down to the ground. 

Prov. iii. 23, The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked. 

vi. 18. The Lord doth hate an heart that deviseth wicked imagi- 
nations. Ch. xii. 2. 

X. 3. God casteth away the substance of the wicked. 

XV. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, 

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Chap. XV. Wicked, S05 

Prov. XV. 9. The way of the wicked. 

Ver. 26. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the 
Lord. 

Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the wicked. 

vi 4. The Lord hath made the wicked for the day of evil. Mai. 
iv. 1. 

xxi. 12. God overthroweth the wicked for his wickedness. Isa. 
xiii. 11. 

Isa. xi. 4.. With the breath of his lips, God shall slay the wicked. 
2 Thess. ii. 8. 

xiv. 5. The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked. 

Ivii, 21. There is no peace saith my God to the wicked. Ch. xlviii. 
22 —Ux. 8. 

Jer. i. 16. I will utter my judgments (saith che Lord) against them 
for all their wickedness. 

ii. 33. Thou hast taught the wicked ones thy ways. 

Ver. 35. Behold I will plead with thee, saith the Lord. 



vii. 12. See what I did to Shilo, for the wickedness of my peop 



xiv. 16. I will pour their own wickedness upon them. 

XXV. 31. God shall give them that are wicked to the sword. Ezek. 
xxxi. 11. 

xxxiii. 5. For their wickedness, I have hid my face from this city. 

xliv. 9. Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and 
the wickedness of your kings, Sec. 

Ver. 1 1 . I will set my face against you for evil. 

Hos, vii. 1, 2. I remember all their wickedness. 

ix. 15. For the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out 
of my house. 

Joel iii. 13. Put ye in the sickle. Sec. for their wickedness is great. 

Jonah i. 2. Cry against Nineveh, for their wickedness is come up 
before me. 

Hab. iii. 13. Thou woundest the head out of the house of the 
wicked. 

Zeph. i. 3. I will consume man and beast, and the stumbling blocks 
with the wicked. 

Mai. iv. 1. Behold the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven, and 
all the proud, yea, all that do wickedly shall be stubble, and the day 
that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that shall 
leave them neither root nor branch. Prov. xvi. 4. 

Matt. xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant shall cut him asun- 
der, and appoint him his portion with hypocrites, there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. Ch. xviii. 32, 34. 

CXXIX. Threat: nings against the wicked^ of evils as the consequen-^ 
ces of wickedness under the fir ovideJitial government of God. Job ivv 
8. They that plough iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the same. 
Prov. xxii. 8. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 

viii. 22. The dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought. 
Ch. xxi. 28. 

xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall fail. 

XV. 20. The wicked man travelleth with pain all his days. 

Ver. 24. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. See to ver. 31 . 



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Wicked. 



Chap. XV. 



Job xviii. 5. The lii^ht of the wicked shall be put out, and the 
spark of his fire shall not shine. 

Ver. 6. I'he lifc^ht shall be dark in his tabernacle. See to ver. 21 . 

Ver. 21. Surely such are the dwellinii^s of the wicked. 

XX. 5. The triumphing- of the wicked is short. See to ver. 29. 

Ver. 12. Thoiigh wickedness be sweet in his mouth 

Ver. 16. He shall suck the poison of asps. 

Ver. 29. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the 
heritage appointed unto him by (iod. Ch. xxvii. 13 to 23. 

xxi. 7. Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are migh- 
ty in power ? 

Ver. 16. Ch. xxii. 18. Ch. xxiv. 24. They are exalted for a lit- 
tle, but are gone and brought low, they are taken out of the way, 
and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 

Job xxi. 17. How oft is the candle of the wicked put out. Prov. 
xiii. 9. — xxiv. 20. 

Ver. oO. The wicked is reserved to the day of destruction, they 
shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Prov. xvi. 4. 

xxi;. 15. Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have 
trodden ? 

Ver. 16. Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation 
was overthrown wiih a flood. 

xxiv. 20. The worm shall feed sweetly upon him, and he shall be 
no more remembered, and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 

xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked. Ver. 13. This is his 
portion. 

Ver. 14. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and hi^ 
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 

Ver. 16. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare rai- 
ment as the clay. Hab. ii. 5. 

\'er. 17. He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the 
innocent shall divide the spoil. 

Ver. 18. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the 
keeper maketh. 

Ver. 20. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth 
him away in the night. 

Ver. 2 1 . The eas*^ wind carrieth him away, and he departeth, and 
as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 

Job xxxi. 5. Is not destruction to the wicked ? and a strange pun- 
ish ment to the workers of iniquity. Ps. lii. 5. 

xxxviii. 15. From the wicked their light is withholden. 

Ps. ix. 16. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.- 
Ps. X. 2. 

Ver. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations 
that forget God. 

xxxi. 17. Let the w-icked be ashamed, let them be silent in the 
grave. 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. 

xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the just 
shall be dosolate. 

xxxvii. 10. Yet a little while and the wicked shall not be. 

\ er. 17. The arms of the wicked shall be broken. 



Chap. XV, IVkked. 307 

Ps. xxxvii. 20. The wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the 
Lord shall be as the fat of rams. Ps. Iviii. 7. 

Ver. 28. The seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 
Ver. 5. I have seen the wicked great in power. 
Ver. 38. But the end of the wicked shall be cut off. Ver. 34. 
Iv. 15. Let death seize upon the wicked. 

Iviii. 10. The righteous shall wash his feet in the blood of the 
wicked. 

xcii. 7. The wicked spring up as grass, it is that they may be de- 
stroyed for ever. Ver. 11. Ps. xciv. 3, 13. 

cvi. 18. A fire was kindled, the flame burned up the wicked. 
Ps. cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, 
cxli. 10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets. 
Prov. ii. 22. The wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the 
transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 1 Sam. xii. 25. 

iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as darkness, they know not at 
what they stumble. 

V. 22. His own iniquity shall take the wicked himself, and he shall 
be holden with the cords of his sin. 

X. 2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing. Ver. 3. 
Ver. 7. The name of the wicked shall rot. 
Ver. 24. The fear of the wicked shall come upon him. 
Ver. 27. The years of the wicked shall be shortened. Ps. Iv. 23. 
Prov. X. 30. The wicked shall not inhabit the earth, 
xi. 5. The wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 
Ver. 8. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, but the wicked 
Cometh in his stead. 

Ver. 21. The wicked shall not be unpunished. 
Ver. 3 1 The wicked and the sinner shall be recompensed in the 
earth. 

xii. 3. A man shall not be established by wickedness. 
Ver 7. The wicked are overthrown, and are not. 
Ver. 13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. 
Ver. 21. The wicked shall be filled with mischief. 
Ver. 26. The way of the wicked seduceth them, 
xiii. 5. A wicked man is lothsome, and cometh to shame. 
Ver. 6. Wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 
Ver. 25. The belly of the wicked shall want. 
xiv. 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown. 
Ver. 17. A man of wicked devices is hated. 
Ver, 19. The wicked bow at the gates of the righteous. 
" Ver. 32. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness. 
XV. 6. In the revenues of the wicked is trouble. 
Prov. xviii. 3. When the wicked cometh, then cometh contempt*, 
xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, 
xxiv. 16. The wicked shall fall into mischief. 
Ver. 20. The candle of the wicked shall be put out. 
xxvi 26. The wickedness of the wicked shall be shewed before 
ihe whole congregation. 

xxviii. I. The wicked fleeth when no man pursueth. Job xv. 21. 
Ver. 4. Such as keep the lav/ contend with the wicked. 
I'x.c. viii. 8. Wickedness shall not deliver those given to it. 

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308 S inner s» Chap. XV. 

Eccl. viii. 10. I saw the wicked buried, and they were fort^otten. 

Ver. 13. It shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he pro- 
long his days. 

Isa. iii. 1 1. Woe to the wicked, it shall Ije ill with him, the reward 
of his hands shall be given him. 

ix. 18. Wickedness burneth as the fire. 

xlvii. 10. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness. 

Ver. 11. Therefore shall evil come upon thee. 

Ivii. 20. The wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, 
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 

Jer- ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy back- 
slidings shall reprove thee. 

Jer. iii. 2. Thou hast polluted the land with thy wickedness, 

Ver. 3. Therefore there shall be no rain. 

iv. 18. Thy ways and thy doings have procured these things unt» 
thee, this is thy wickedness because it is bitter. 

V. 25. Your iniquities have turned away those things, and your sins 
have with-holden good things from you. 

Ver. 26. For among my people are found wicked men. 

vi. 6. This city to be visited. 

Ver. 7. For as a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out 
her wickedness. 

xii. 1. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper. 

Ver. 4. How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the field 
wither ? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are 
consumed, &c. 

xliv. 3. The cities are a desolation because of their wickedness. 

Ezek. iii. 18. The wicked man shall die in his wickedness. Ver. 9. 
Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9, 14. 

xviii. 20. The wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 

Ezek. xviii. 24. When the righteous turneth away from his righte- 
ousness and coramitteth iniquity, and doth according to all the abomi- 
nations that tiie wicked man dolh, shall he live ? ail his righteousness 
that he hath done shall not be mentioned, in his trespass that he hath 
trespassed, and in his sins that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 
\ er. 26, 27. 

xxxiii. 8. O v/icked man thou shalt surely die, 

Hos. x. 13. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity. 

Ver. 14. Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all 
thy fortresses shall be spoiled. 

Nah.i. 19. There is no healing of thy hurt, for on w^hom hath not 
thy wickedness passed. 

Zeck. V. 8. As a talent of lead is their wickedness. 

Matt. xiii. 49. At the end of the world, the angels shall sever the 
wicked from among the just. 

Ver. 50. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be 
wailing, and gnashing of teeth. 

SINNERS. 

CXXX. Sni?iers<) God's thrcatnmigH ui^ainst them. Gen. xxxii. 3:1, 
The Lord said to IMoses, whosoever hath siiUied against mv"^, him will 
1 biot out of my book. 



Chap. XV. Sinners, 309 

Gen. xxxii. 3 !•. 1 will visit their sin upon them. 

xxxiv. 7. God will by no means clear the guiity. 

Jos. xxiv. 19. He is a jealous God, he will not forgive their trans- 
gressions nor their sins. 

2 Chron. vi. 22. If a man sin, judge thou in this house. 

Ps. xc, 7. We are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath 
we are troubled. 

Ver. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee^ and our secret 
^ins in the light of thy countenance. 

Prov. viii. 36. He that sinneth against me, wrongeth his own 
soul. Numb. xvi. 38. 

Eccl. ii. 26. To the sinner God giveth travel. 

Isa. xiii. 9. The Lord shall destroy the sinners of the land out of it. 

xxx. 1. Woe unto rebellious children, saith the Lord, &c. who 
add sin to sin. 

Jer. ii. 25. i will plead with thee, saith the Lord, because of thy 
sins. 

XV. 1 3. Thy substance will I give to thine enemies, because of thy 
sins. Ch. xvii. 3.^ — 1. 14. 

Ezek. xiy. 15. When the land sinneth, I will break the staff of 
bread. 

Ezek. xviii. 4. The scul that sinneth it shall die. Ver. 20. 

xxi. 24. In all your doings, your sins appear. Sec. ye shall be taken, 

xxviii. 16. Thou hast sinned, therefore I will cast thee as profane 
out of the mountain of God. 

Hos iv. 7. They sinned against me, therefore vv'ill I change their 
glory into shame. 

Ver. 9. I will punish them for their ways. 

ix. 9. I will visit their sin. 

Amos y. 12. I knov/ your manifold transgressions, and your mighty 
sins. 

ix. 8. The eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom, and he 
will destroy it from off the face of the earth. 

\^er. 10. The sinners of my people shall die by the sword. 

Mic. vi. 13. I wdll make thee a desolation because of thy sins. 

John xvi. 8. The Spirit shall reprove the Avorld of sin. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell. 

Jude ver. 15. The Lord cometh to execute judgment, and to con- 
vince ungodly sinners of their ungodly deeds. 

CXXXI. Si7ififrs threatened with various evils under the jirovidence 
of God, Deut. xxiv. 16. Every one shall die for his own sin. Lev. 
xxii. 9. 2 Kings xiv. 6. 2 Chron xxv. 4. Ezek. xviii. 20. 

Job XX. 1 1. His bones are full of the sin of his youth which shall 
lie down with him in the dust. 

Ps. i. 5. Sinners shall not stand in the congregation of the right- 
eous. 

xxxviii. 6. There is no rest in my bones because of my sin. 

Prov. xiii. 21. Evil pursueth sinners. 

Ver. 22. The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just 

xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people. 

xxiv. 9. The sinner is an abomination among men. 



310 Transgressor ff. Chap. XV. 

Isa. i. 28. The destruction of the transgressors, and of the sinner 
shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. 

xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are afraid, who among us shall 
dwell with everlasting burnings ? 

Ixv. 20. The sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. 

Jer. xl. 3. Because ye have sinned against the Lord, this is come 
upon ydu. Ch. xliv. 23. 

Jer. 1. 7. Their enemies prevailed, and said, we offend not because 
they have sinned. Zech. i. 17. 

Lam. i. 8. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore she is re- 
moved, all that honoured her despise her. Ezek. xvi. 52. 

V. 7. Our fathers have sinned and are not, we have borne their 
iniquities. 

Ver. 16. Woe unto us that we have sinned. 

Ezek. xxxiii 10. If our sins be upon us. Sec. how should we live ? 

Ver. 12. The righteous shall not be able to live in the day that 
he sinneth. 

Hos. xiii. 2. They sin more and more. 

Ver. 3. They shall be as the morning cloud, and the early dew 
that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven away with the whirl- 
wind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 

Mic. i. 5. For the sins of the house of Israel is all this evil, 

Rom. ii. 12. As many as have sinned without law shall perish 
without law. 

V. 14. Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that 
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression. 

Ver. 10, 21. Sin reigned unto death. 

vi. 23. The wages of sin is death. 
/ vii. 5. The motions of sin did work in our members to bring forth 
fruit unto death. 

Ver. 9. Sin revived and I died. 

Ver, 11. Sin slew me. 

1 Cor. XV. 56. The sting of death is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the son of perdition. 
1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for sinners. 

Heb. X. 26. If we sin wilfiilly after we have received the know- 
ledge of the truth, there rcmaineth no more sacrifice for sin. 

Ver. 27 But a certain fearful looking-for of judgment, and fiery 
indignation, that shall devour the adversaries. Ch. iv. 6. 

James i. 15. Sin when finished bringeth forth death. 

I John V. 17. There is a sin unto death. Matt. xii. 31. 

TRANSGRESSORS. 

CXXXII. Transgressors^ threatenings against them. Prov. xi. 3. 
The perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Ver. 6. 

xiii. 2. The soul of the transgressor shall eat violence. Ver. 15. 

xxvi. 10. The great God that formed all things rewardeth the 
transgressor. 

Isa. xxiv. 5. The earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, 
because they have transgressed. 



Chap. XV. Iniquity, 311 

Isa. xxiv. 6. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth. Ver» 20, 
The transgression of the earth shall be heavy upon it. 

Ixvi. 24. The men that have transgressed against me, their worm 
shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be 
an abhorring to all flesh. 

Jer. xxxiv. 18, 20. I will give the men that have transgressed into 
the hand of their enemies. 

Ezek. xiv. 10. They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity ; 

Ver. 11. That they may no more go astray nor be polluted with 
their transgressions. 

XX. 38. I will purge from among you the rebels and them that 
transgress. 

xxxix. 24. According to their uncleanness, and according to their 
transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 

Hos vi. 1 3. Woe unto them for they have fled from me, destruc- 
tion unto them for they have transgressed against me. 

Matt. XV. 3. Why do ye transgress the commandments of God by 
your tradition ? 

Actsi. 25. Judas by transgression fell from the ministry. 

Heb. ii. 2. If the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every 
transgression received a just recompence of reward ; 

Ver. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation ? 

1 John iii. 4, Sin is the transgression of the law. 

2 John ver. 9. Whosoever transgresseth, abideth not in the doctrine 
of Christ, he hath not God. See particular calamities threatened a- 
gainst transgresssors in the civil state. Prov. xxviii. 2. — In the church. 
Isa. xliii. 27. Destruction by wild beasts. Isa. v. 6. From famine 
and pestilence. Amos iv. 2 to ver. 10, 

INIQUITY. 

CXXXIII. Iniquity forbidden. Job xxii. 23. Put iniquity far from 
thy tabernacles. 

xxvi. 10. God commandeth that they return from iniquity. 

Jer. xxxvi. 3. It may be that they will return every one from his 
evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity. 

Ezek. xviii. 8. He that hath withdrawn his hands from iniquity, 

Ver. 17. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off" thy sins by righteousness, and thine ini= 
quity by shewing mercy to the poor. 

Zcph. iii- 13. The remnant shall not do iniquity. 

Acts iii. 26. God sent his Son to bless you, in turning every one 
from his iniquity. 

Rom. vi. 19. Yield your members servants to righteousness. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ, de- 
part from iniquity. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity. 

Heb. i. 9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. 

CXXXIV. God's threatenings against the workers thereof. Gen. xliv. 
16. Judah said, God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants. 



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312 Iniquity, Chap. XV. 



Lev. r^vin. "2b, The land is clcFiIed, therefore I do visit the iniquity 
thereof upon it, the land doth vomit out her inhabitants. 

2 Sam. vii. 14. If he commit iniquity 1 will chasten him with the 
"1 i rod of men. Ps. Ixxxix. 32. 

Job xiii. 26. Thou writcst bitter things against me, and makest me 
to possess the iniquities of my youth. 

xiv. 17. My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest 
up mine iniquities. 

Ps. V. 5. Thouhatest all the workers of iniquity. 

xc. 8. Thou settest our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in 
the light of thy countenance. Job x. 6, 14 — xxxiv. 22. 

xciv. 16. Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniqui- 

ty ? . 

Ver. 23. God shall brmg upon them their own iniquities, and shall 
cut them off in their own wickedness. 

Ps. cxxv. 5. Such as turn aside, God shall lead forth with the 
workers of iniquity. 

Isa. xiii. 1 1. I will punish the wicked for their iniquity. 

xxii. 14. This iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

xxvi 21. The Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabi- 
tants of the earth for their iniquity. 

xxxl. 2. God will arise against the house of evil doers, and against 
the help of them that work iniquity. 

lix. 2. Yo'jr iniqutles have separated between you and your God, 
and your sins have hid his face from you. 

Ixiv. 7. Thou hast consumed us because of our iniquities. 

Jer. ii. 22. Thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. 

ix. 5. rhey v/eary themselves to commit iniquity. 

Ver 9. Shall not my soul be avenged of such a nation ? 

xi. 10. They are turned back to the iniquity of their fore-fathers. 

Ver. 11. I will bring evil upon them that they shall not escape. 

xiv. 10. I will now remember their iniquities, and visit their sins. 
Hos. viii. 13.— ix. 9. 

xvi. 10. Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil 
against us ? 

Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their ways, neither is their 
iniquity hid from mine eyes. 

Ver. 18. 1 will recompense their iniquity. 

XXV. 12.1 will punish that nation for their iniquity, and make it 
a desolation. 

XXX. 14. I have wounded thee for the multitude of thine iniqui- 
ties, and because thy sins are increased. 

Ver. 15. For the multitude of thine iniquities, I have done these 
ihings unto thee. Hos. ix. 7. 

xxxvi. 31.1 will punish him and his seed, and his servants for their 
iniquity. 

li. 6. Flee out of Babylon, be not cut off in her iniquities, for this 
is the time of the Lord's vengeance. Gen. xix. 15. 

Ezek. ix. 9. The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is ex- 
ceeding great. 

Ver. 10, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity. 



Chap. XV. Iniquity, 313 

Ezek. xvi. 49. This v/as the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, 
idleness, fulness of bread, &c. 

Ver. 50. Therefore I took them away as I saw good. Ver. 52. 

xxi. 23, God will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may 
be taken. Ver. 24, 25, 29. Chap. xxix. 16. 

Ezek. xxxviii. 18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the mul- 
titude of thine iniquities, therefore I will bring forth a fire and it 
shall devour thee, and bring thee to ashes. 

Amos iii. 2. 1 will punish you for all your iniquities. 

Hab. i. 3. Why doest thou shew me iniquity. 

Ver. 13. Thou canst not look upon iniquity. 

Matt. vii. 23. Christ will say in the day of judgment, depart from 
me, ye that work iniquity. 

xiii. 41. He shall cast them who do iniquity, into a furnace of fire. 

Rev. xviii. 5. Babylon's sins have reached unto heaven, God hath 
remembered her iniquities. 

Ver. 6. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto 
her double. 

CXXXV. The iiunishment thereof threatened under the firoviden- 
lial government of God, intermixt %vith instances thereof Gen. iv. 16. 
Cain said, my punishment (or iniquity) is greater than 1 can bear. 

XV. 16. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 

Lev. xxvi. 39. They shall pine away in their iniquity in your ene- 
mies hands, and the iniquity of your fathers. Ezek. xxiv. 23. 

Job XX. 27. The heavens shall reveal the wicked man's iniquity, 
and the earth shall rise up against him. Ver. 22. Every hand of the 
v/icked shall be upon him. 

xxi. 19. God layeth up his iniquity for his children. 

Ps. vii. 14. The wicked travelleth with iniquity. 

xxxi. 10. My life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing, 
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity. 

xxxvii. 1 . The workers of iniquity shall be cut down. Ps. xxxvi. 12. 

xcii. 7. When the wicked spring as the grass, and the workers of 
iniquity do flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. Ver. 9. 

Ps. cvi. 43. They were brought low for their iniquity. 

cvii. 17. Fools because of their transgression, and because of their 
iniquities are brought low. 

Prov. V. 22. His own iniquity shall take the wicked himself, and 
he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 

X. 29. Destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 

Isa. V. 18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity^ 
and sin as it were with a cart rope. 

xxix. 20. All that watch for iniquity are cut off. 

XXX. 13. Iniquity shall be unto you as a breach ready to fall, 

1. 1. For your iniquities ye have sold yourselves. 

Ixiv. 6^ Our iniquities like the wind have carried us away. 

Jer. V. 25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and 
your sins have withhoiden good things from you. 

xiii. 22. For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts disco- 
vered, kc. 

xxxi. '30. r.verv one '^.h:dl die for hi < own iniquity* Ezek. iii. 1 s% 
19, kc. 



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Lam. iv. 6. The punishment of the iniquity of my people is grea- 
ter than the sin of Sodom. 

Ezek. iv. 16. They shall drink water by measure, and with asto- 
nishment. 

Ver. 17. They shall want bread and water, and consume away for 
their iniquiy. 

xxxii. 27. Their iniquity shall be upon their bones. 

xxxiii. 6. He is taken away in his iniquity. 

Ver. 8. He shall die in his iniquity. Ver. 9, 13, 18. 

xxxix. 23. The house of Israel went into captivity for their ini- 
quity. 

Dan. ix. 16. For our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers we arc 
become a reproach. 

Hos. xiv. 1. Israel, return unto the Lord, for thou hast fallen by 
thine iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 1 . Woe unto them that devise iniquity, and work evil up- 
on their beds. 

Hab. ii. 12. Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and es- 
tablisheth a city by iniquity. Mic. iii. 10. 

Matt, xxiii. 28. Ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Ver. 20. 
Woe unto you. 



COMMANDMENT FIRST. 



CXXXVI. Idolatry forbidden, Exod. xx. 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. Ch. xxxiii. 14. Ps. Ixxxi. 9. Hos. xiii. 4. 
1 Cor. viii. 4, 5. 

xxiii. 13. Make no mention of the names of other gods. Jos. xxiii. 7. 

Ver. 24. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them. 

Deut. iv. 15. Take good heed unto yourselves. 

Ver. 19. Lest when thou seest the sun and the moon, and the stars, 
even all the host of heaven, thou shouldst be driven to worship and 
serve them. 

vi. 14. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people 
which are round about you. Judges vi. 10. 

xii. 30. Enquire not after their gods, saying, how did these na- 
tions serve their gods, even so will 1 do likewise. Jer. vi. 7. 

CXXXVII. Enforced by threatenings^ as fireventatives. Exod. xxii. 
20. He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he 
shall utterly be destroyed. Lev. xx, 5. 

Deut. viii. 19. If thou at all do forsake the Lord your God, and 
walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify 
against you this day, that ye shall surely perish. 

I Kings ix. 6. If you or your children shall turn aside, and serve 
other gods, and worship them, then will I cut oft' Israel out of the 
land which I have given them. Ver. 9. See Chap, xxviii 15, 36, 64. 
— xxix. 18 to 28. — XXX. 17, 18. — xxxi. 16, 17. Jos. xxiii. 16. — xxiv. 
20. 2 Chron. vii. 1 9, 20. Ps. xvi. 4. — xiiv. 20, 2 1. Jer. xvi. 1 3. — xxii. 9. 

CXXXVIII. Judgments inflicted iifion transgressors ofthi:^ command. 

Deut. xxxii. 15. Jcshunin waxed fat, and kicked ; lie forsook God 
that made him. 



Chap. XV. Commandment First* 315 

Deut. xxxii. 16. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods. 

xxxii. 17. They sacrificed to devils, to gods whom they knew not, 
to new ^ods that came newly up. 

Ver. 19. And the Lord abhorred them and said, 

Ver. 20. I will hide my face from them. 

Ver. 22. A fire is kindled in mine anger. Ver. 23. I will heap 
mischief upon them. Ver. 24, 25, 26, 37. 

Judges ii. 11. The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the 
Lord. 

Ver 12. They followed other gods, of the gods of the people 
round about them, and bowed themselves unto them. 

Ver. 14. And the anger of the Lord was against Israel, and he de- 
livered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold 
them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could 
no longer stand before their enemies. 

Ver. 15. Whithersoever they went out the hand of the Lord was 
against them for evil, and they were greatly distressed. Ver. 17, 20, 
23. Ch. iii. 7, 8. — x. 6, 7, 13, 14. Jer. xi. 10. — xiii. 10. 

V. 8. They chose new gods, then was war in the gates. 

X. 6. The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and 
served the gods of the Philistines. 

Ver. 7. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and 
he sold them into the hands of the Philistines. 

Judges X. 10. They cried unto the Lord. 

Ver. 13. The Lord said, ye have forsaken me, and served other gods. 

Ver. 14. Let the gods which ye have chosen deliver you in the 
time of your tribulation. 

2 Kings xvii. 7. The children of Israel feared other gods. 

Ver. 8. And walked in the statutes of the heathen. Jer. xliv. 2 
to 28. 

Ver. 18. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and re- 
moved them out of his sight. 

2 Kings xxii. 17. Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt 
incense to other gods, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against 
this place, and shall not be quenched. Jer. i. 16. — xix. 4. 

Ps. cvi. 28. They joined themselves to Baal-peor. 

Ver. 29. The plague broke in among them. 

Jer. V. 19. As ye have served other gods in your land, so shall 
ye serve strangers in a land not yours. 

vii. 9. Will ye walk after other gods, and come and stand before 
me in this house. 

Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight. 

Jer. vii. 20. Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, behold mine an- 
ger aud my fury shall be poured out upon this place, Sec. Ver. 30 
to 34. Ch. viii. 2, 1 1 xix. 3 to 14. 

xi. 9. They went after other gods to serve them. 

Ver. 1 1. Thus saith the Lord, 1 will bring evil upon this place. 

Ver. 14. Therefore pray not for this people. Isa. Ivii. 3, 5, 13. 
Jer. xliv. 21, 22, 23,— iii. 3, 6, 8, 20. 

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Chap. %.Y. 



Ezek. XX. 32. Ye say we will be as the heathen, as the famities 
of the countries. 

Ver. 33. As I live, saith the Lord, surely with a stretched out 
arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you. Ch. viii. 16. 
Zeph. i. 3, 4, 5. 

CXXIX. GocVs judgments ufion particular transgressors of this com- 
mand^ as, On Solomon. 1 Kings xi. 1, 9, 1 1, 33. Jerobofim. Kings xii. 
28.— y.iv.2, 17. Baasha. 1 Kings xvi. 3, 12. Ahab. 1 King xvi. 30. — 
xxi. 21.— xxii. 34, 38. 2 Kings x. 11. Ahaziah. 2 Kings i. 2. Jeho- 
ram. 2 Chron. xxi. 11, 14, 19. Manasseh. 2 Kings xxi. 3, 4, 5, 6. 
2 Chron. xxxiii. 2 to 15. Amaziah. 2 Chron. xxv. 14 to 20. 
CXL. Covenants and intermarriages with the heathen inhabitants of Ca- 
naan forbidden to the Jeivsj test they should thereby be eiisnared to their 
idolatry, 

Exod. xxiii. 32. Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with 
their gods. Ver. 33. Deut. vii. 2. Numb, xxxiii. 55* 

xxxiv. 12. Take heed to thyself lest thou make a covenant v/ith 
the inhabitants of the land, lest it be a snare unto thee. 

Ver. 15. And they go a whoring after their gods, and they do 
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of the sacri- 
fice. 

Ver. 16. And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their 
daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a 
whoring after their gods. Deut. vii. 3,^4. Ch. xx, 17, IS, Jos. x>ii,i. 
12, 13. Judges ii. 1, 2. — iii. 5 to 8. 

Transgressed in making a covenant with the Gibeonites. Jos. ix. 

14, 15. This covenant confirmed for their punishment. 2 Sam. xxi. 1. 

CXLI. iMuking covenants and intermarriages with transgressors of 

this com?nand /iu?7ished. 
Numb. xxv. 2. They call the people unto the sacrifices of their 
gods, and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 

Ver, 3. And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor, and the anger of 
the Lord was kindled against Israel. 

Ver. 4. And the Lord said to Moses, take all the heads of the peo- 
ple, and hang them up before the Lord. 
Ver. 8. The plague was stayed. 

Ver. 9. Those that died in the plague were twenty and four thou- 
sand. 

Judges i. 21, 27 to 34. They did not drive out the inhabitants, 
ii. 1. The angel of the Lord said, Ver. 2. Ye have not obeyed my 
voice. 

Ver. 3. Wherefore I will not drive them out before you, but they 
shall be as thorns in you sides, and their gods shall be a snare unt© 
you. 

Ver. 4. When the angel of the Lord spake these words, the chil- 
dren of Israel lift up their voice and wept. 

iii. 6. The children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, and they 
took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to 
their sons, and ser\;;d their gods. 

Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Is- 
rael, and he sold them into the hand of the king of Mesopotamia. 



Chap. XV. Cominandment First, 317 

1 Kings xi. 1. Solomon loved many strange wives. 

Ver. 4. When he was old his wives turned away his heart after 
other gods. 

Ver. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, and said, I will 
rend the kingdom from thee. Ver. 11, 33. 

1 Kings xvi. 3 ' . Ahab took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Eth- 
baal king of the Zidonians. 

xxi. 25. 'I'here was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself 
to work wickedness, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 

2 Kings V. 17, 18. Naaman asks pardon for being present at idol- 
atrous worship, though he joined not in it. 

CXLII. Strange gods to be fiut aivay. Gen. xxxv. 2. Jacob said 
unto his houshold, put away the strange gods that are among you. 
Ver. 4. Jos. xxiv. 14, 23. 1 Sam. vii. 3. 

Judges X. 16. They put away the strange gods, and served the 
Lord, und his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 

2 Kings xxiii. 4, 5. Josiah put down the idolatrous priests. See to 
ver. 26. 

2 Chron. xxxiii. 15. Manasseh put away the strange gods. 

Hos. xiv. 3. Neither will we say to the work of our hands, ye are 
our gods. See Deut. xxxii. 12. Jos. iii. 12. Dan. iii. 12. 

CXLIII. Transgressors of this commandment among the people of Is- 
rael and the enticers thereto^ to be put to death by the hands of men. 

Deut. xiii. 1. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of 
dreams, and giveth a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder 
come to pass, whereof he spake, saying, let us go after other gods. 

Ver. 5. That prophet, or that dreamer, shall be put to death. Gh. 
xviii. 20. I Sam. xxvi. 19, 

xiii. 6. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy 
daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thine 
own soul, entice thee, saying, let us go and serve other gods, 

Ver. 8. Thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shall thine eye 
pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him, but 
thou shalt surely kill him, tliine hand shall be first upon him to put 
him to death, and afterward the hawd of all the people. 

Ver. 12. If thou shalt hear say, in one of thy cities, 

V^er. 13. Certain men the children of Belial are gone out, and have 
withdrawn the inhabitants of the city, saying, let us go serve other 
gods ; 

Ver. 14. Then thou shalt m.ake search diligently, and if it be truth, 

Ver. 15. Thou shalt smite the inhabitants of that city with the 
edge of the sword, and destroy it utterly : 

Ver. 16. It shall be an heap for ever. Deut. xvii. 2 to 8. 1 Kings 
xviii. 40. Job XKxi. 11. 

CXLIV. Threatenings against strange gods, Exod. xii. 12. Against 
the gods of Egypt will I execute judgment. 

Numb, xxxiii, 4. Upon the gods of Egypt the Lord executed 
judgment. 

Zeph. ii. 1 1. The Lord will famish all the gods of the earth. 
CXL\\ Strange gods are -vajdiy. Judges vi. 3 I. Joash said, if Baal 
be a gcd let him plead for himself. 



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1 Kings xviii. 20, Elijah said, if the Lord be God, follow him, but 
if Baal, then follow him. 

Elijah mocked the priests of Baal, saying, cry aloud for he is a 
god, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or 
peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked. 

Ver. 29. There was neither voice nor any to answer. 

2 Kings xix. 18. They were no gods. Ch. xviii. 35. 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. All the gods of the people are idols. 

Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods. Ver. 24. 

Acts xix. 2a. Paul persuaded, that they are no gods thjrt are made 
with hands. 

Rom. i. 25. They served and worshipped the creature. 

Gal. iv. 8. Did service to them, which by nature are no gods. 

CXLVI. Enquiring concerning future e-v€nts<, from those ivho by na- 
ture are no gods. 

Isa. xli. 2. Shew the things to come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods. 

2 Kings i. 2. Ahaziah sent to enquire of the god of Ekron if he 
should recover. 

Ver. 4. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, thou shalt surely die. 
Instance* Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. His punishment. IChron, x. IS. 

COMMANDMENT SECOND. 

CXLVII. Images^ the use of them for bidden y with fireventative 
threatenings. 

Exod. XX. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image 
nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in 
the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth, thou shalt 
not bow down to them, nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God, am 
a jealous God. Chap, xxxiv. 17. Lev. xix. 4 — xxvi. 1, 30. Deut. iv, 
16, 17, 18, 19,25 V. 8. — xvi. 22. 

Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or a 
molten image, an abomination to the Lord. 

Ps. xcvii. 7. Confounded be all they that serve graven images. 

Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to 
graven images. 

Rev. xiv. 9. If any man worship the beast or his image, 

Ver. 10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 
which is poured out without mixture into the- cup of his indignation, 
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, in the presence 
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb, &c. 

CXLVI II. God's judgmentiiipon the breakers of this commandmenK 

Exod. xxxii, 4. Aaron made a molten calf. Deut. ix. 12, 16. 
Neh. XXXV. 9, 18. Ps. cvi. 19. The Lord plagued the people, be- 
cause of the calf which Aaron made. 

1 Kings xiv. 9. Thou (Jeroboam) hast made thee molten images, 
lo provoke me to anger. 

Ver. 10. I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam. Ch. xvi. 3. 



Chap. XV. Commandment Second, 319 

1 Kings xiv. 22. Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they 
provoked him to jealousy with their sins. 

Ver. 23. I'hey built him high places, and images, and groves, on 
every high hill, and under every green tree. 

Ver. 25. And it came to pass that Shishak, king of Egypt, came 
gainst Jerusalem. 

Ver. 26. And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, 
and the treasures of the king's house, he took away ail the shields 
of gold, which Solomon had made. 

2 Kings xvii. 16. They made molten images, even two calves and 
made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and worship- 
ed Baal. 

Ver. 17. They caused their sons and their daughters to pass 
through the fire, and used divination and enchantmicnts. 

Ver. 18. Therefore the Lord was angry with Israel, and remov- 
ed them out of his sight. Ver. 20. 

2 Chron. xxviii. 2. Ahaz made molten images for Baalim. 

Ver. 3. He burnt his children in the fire, after the abomination 
of the heathen. Sec. 

Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord delivered him into the hands of the 
king of Assyria. 

xxxiii. 7. Manasseh set a carved image in the house of God. 

Ver. 9. He made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err. 

Ver. 1 1. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of 
the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh and bound him 
with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 2 Kings xxi. 7, 12. 

xxxiii. 22. Amon sacrificed to all carved images. 

Ver. 24. And his servants conspired against him, and slew him. 

Ps. Ixxviii. 58. They provoked him to anger with their high pla- 
ces, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 

Ver. 59. And God was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel. 

Ver. 62. He gave his people over to the sword. 

Isa. viii. 19. Why have they provoked me to anger, v.ith their 
graven images ? 

\ er. 22. Why is not the health of the daughter of my people re- 
stored ? 

Jer. 1. 37. A sword is upon their treasures. 

Ver. 38. For it is a land of graven images, they are mad upon 
their im.ages^ 

Ezek. vii. 20. They made the images of their abominations i.' 
the house of the Lord. 

^"er. 21. I will give it into the hands of the wicked for a spoil, 
and they shall spoil it. Ch. vi. 4. — v. 13. 

viii. 12. Seest thou what the ancients of Israel do in the dark. <"- 
very one in the house of his imagery. 

V^er. 18. Therefore will I deal in fury, mine eye shall not spare, 
neither will I have pity, though they cry in mine ears wiii: j. loud 
voice, yet will I not hear them. 

xvi. 17. Thou madest thyself images. See to ver. 30. 

Ver. 20. Therefore I have delivered thee into the hand of them 
that hate thee. 

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It 



Dan. iii. 1. The king made an image. Ver. 5. He commanded to 
worship it. 

iv. 25. They shall drive thee from among men, thy dwelling shall 
be with the beast of the field. 

Hos. X. 1. According to the goodness of his land they have made 
goodly images. 

Ver. 10. It is mv desire that I should chastise them. Ch. iii. 4. 

xi. 2. They sacrificed unto Baalim, and burnt incense to graven 
images. 

Ver. 5. The Assyrian shall be his king. 

xiii. 2. They sin more and more, and have made them molten 
images of their silver. 

Ver. 3. Therefore they shall be as the chaff, that is driven with 
the whirl-wind. 

Amos V. 26. Ye have born the tabernacle of your Moloch, and 
Chiun your images. 

Ver. 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity. 

Rom. i. 23. They changed the glory of God into an image. 

Ver. 24. Wherefore God gave them up, &c. Rev. ziii. 14. — xix. 
20 — xvi. 2. See also Lev. xxvi. 14, 30. Isa. xxi. 9. — xxvii. 9. Jer. 
xliii. 10, 13 1. 2 — li. 47, 52. Ezek. vi. 4, 6. — xxx. 13. Hos. iii. 4. 

CXLIX. Images^ no representation of God. Deut. iv. 12. The 
Lord spuke unto you out of the midst of the fire, ye heard the voice 
of the words, but saw no m.anner of similitude. 

Ver. 15. Take therefore heed unto yourselves, 

Ver. 16. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven im- 
age, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female. 
Ver. 17, 18, 19. 

Isa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken God, or v/hat likeness will ye 
compare unto him. Ver. 25. Ch. xlvi. 5. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the God-head is like 
unto gold or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 

Images are vanity. Isa. xl. 19, 20.-lxii. 29. — xliv. 9, 10 to 13. 
— ylv.'20. Jer. X. 8, 14. Hab. ii. 18, 19. 

CL. They were commanded to be broken. Lev. vii. 25. Ye shall de- 
stroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their 
groves, and burn their graven images with fire- 
Numb xxxiii. 52. ^i e shall drive out all the inhabitants of the 
land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all 
their molten images, and quite pluck down all tiieir high places. 
Exod. x^iii. 24. — xxxiv. 13. Deut. vii. 5, 25. Isa. xxx. 22. — wii 8. 

CLI. Images vjere broken down! Exod. xxxii. 20. Moses burnt the 
calf which they had made in the fire. 

2 Sam. V. 21. David burnt their images. 

2 Kings iii. 2. Jehoram put away the images of Baal. 

x. 26. Jehu and his men burnt the images of ^aal. Ch. xi. 18. 

xviii. 4. Hezekiah removed the high places, and brake the ima- 
ges, and cut dovv-n the groves, and brake in pieces -Xhe brazen ser- 
pent which Moses had made, for the children of Israel did bum in- 
cense to it. 

xxiii. 14. Josiah brake in pieces the images, and cut down the 
groves, &cc. Ver.. 19, 24. 



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2 Chron. xiv. 3. Asa brake down their hnag-es. Ver. v. 

CLII. Inatances of images used by apostates^ as outw.ird symboh in 
ivorshifi offered to the true God. 

Exod. xxxii. 4, 5. To the g-olden caif. Neh. ix. 18. Ju(]^-^ xvii. 
o. Micah's image. Ver. 13. Ch. xviii. 3L 1 Kings xii. 2 to :>-o. 
Jeroboam's calves. 

CLIII. TVorship to images refused^ though commanded by ki:^gs. 

Dan. iii. 18. Refused by Shadrach, Meshech and Ace ' :;c {o. 

BgV. XV. 



2. — XX. 



CLIV. Threats against idols and idolaters. Isa. ii. S. Their land is 
fuii of idols, they worship the work of their own hands^; that which 
iheir own fingers have made. 

Ver. 9. The mean man bov/eth down, and the great man huaibleLh 
himself, therefore forgive them not. Ch. xxvii. 11. 

Ver, IB. The idols he shall utterly abolish. 

Ver. 20. In that day shall a man cast his idols of silver, and his 
idols of gold, which they made, each one for himself to worship to 
the moles and to the bats. 

Ver. 21. To go hito the clifts of the rocks, and into the tops of the 
ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, 
when he ariseth to shake tenibly the earth. 

xix 1. The Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into 
Egypt, the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence. 

Ver. 3. They shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to 
them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizzards. See to ver. 18. 
Their punishment. 

xlv. 16. They shall go to confusion, that are makers of idols. 

Zeph. i. 3. I will consume, saith the Lord, the stumbling blocks 
with the wicked. Ezek. xiv. 4, 7. 

Ver 4. 1 will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place. 

Ver. 5. And them that worship the host of heaven, and that sv/ear 
by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham. See threats to ver. 18. 

Zech. xiii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I v/ili cut off the nam.es of idols 
out of the land of Egypt. Ezek. xxx. 12. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Eph. V. 5. 

Rev. xxi. 4. Idolaters shall have their portion in the lake which 
burneth with iire and brimstone. 

xxii. 15. Without (the heavenly Jerusalem) are dogs and sorce-; 
rers, and whoremongers, and murderers, ai-d idolaters, kc. 

CLV. Promises-, warnings and exhortations^ against idAatry. 

Ezek. xviii. 6. If a man be just, and hath not lift up his eyes to 
idols he shall live. \'er. 9. 

Ver. 17. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father. 

xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. 
Isa. xxxi. 7. — xxvii. 9. 

Acts XV. 20. Write to them that they abstain from idolatry. 

Ver. 29. That they abstain from meats offered to idois. Ch. xxi. 
25. Rev. ii. 14, 20. 



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\ Cor. V. 11,1 have written unto you, if any man that is called a 
brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a 
drunkard, or an extortioner, with such an one no not to eat. 

Aijainst eating; with idolaters at their sacrifices. See 1 Cor. viii. 4 
to 14. Ch. X. 19, 20. 

X. 7. Neither be ye idolaters as some of the Jews were. 
Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath the temple of God with 
idols. 

1 John V. 2 1 . Little children keep yourselves from idols. 
Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1. — xlviii. 5. Ezek. viii. 6. Zech x. 
2. Idolatries abominable. 1 Pet. iv. 3. Sacrificing to devils. 1 Cor. 
X. 20. Rev. ix. 20. 

CLVI. God's judi^inents ufion idolaters. Ps. cvi. 25. They learned 
the works of the heathen. V^er. 36. And served their idols. 

Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his 
people. See Isa. ii. 8, 9. See to ver. 22. 

Isa. Ivii. 4. Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of false- 
hood. 

Ver. 5. Enflaming yourselves with idols. 
Ver. 10. Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy Avay. 
Ver. 12, Thy works shall not profit thee. 

Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel 
before their idols- Ver. 6, 9, 13. 

viii. !0. I saw the idols of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall. 
Ver. 18. I will deal in fury, mine eye shall not spare. 
xiv. 3. These men have set up their idols in their heart. 
Ver. 4. Thus saith the Lord, every man of the house of Israel, 
that setteth up his idols in his heart, and cometh to the prophet, I the 
Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his 
idols. 

Ver. 5. That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, be- 
cause thev are estranged from me through their idols. Ver. 6, 8, 9. 

xiv, 36. Thus saith the Lord God, because thy filthiness was pour- 
ed out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms, with 
thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations. 

Ver. 38. I will judge thee as a woman that breaketh wedlock. 
Ver. o7, 

XX. 7. Then said I, defile not yourselves with idols, but they re- 
belled against me. 

Ver. 8. Then said I, I will pour out my fury upon them. See to 
ver. 40. 

xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, the city maketh idols against her- 
self to defile herself. 

Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a reproach. See Chap. 23d. 
throughout. 

xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, ye lift up your eyes unto your 
idols, and shall ye possess the land ? See also, ver. 27, 28. 

xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury upon them because of their idols, 
xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me after their idols. 
Ver. 12. Therefore have I lift up mine hand against them. 



Chap. XV. Commandment Second. 323 

Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone. 
In the following places, and most of those quoted from Ezek. idola- 
try is reproved and threatened, under the name of whoredom, fii- 

thiness and abomination, -viz. Hos. i. 2. — ii. 2. — iv. 10, 13. — v. 3. 

— vi. 10. — ix. 1. Nah. iii. 4. Rev. xvii. 1, 15. — xix. 2. 

IdolaU'y to be putted. See Commandment first. 

CLVII. Magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th, and 9th Chapters. Dan.ii. 2, 

Sorcerers. Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorce- 
rers. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their portion in the lake that bur- 
neth with fire and brimstone. 

xxii. 15. Without the new Jerusalem are dogs and sorcerers. Isa. 
xlvii. 9. — Ivii. 3. Jer. xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21. — xviii. 1. Acts viii. 
9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6, 8. Elimas. 

CLVIII. Inchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not use enchantments, 
nor observe times. 

Numb, xxiii. 23. No enchantment against Jacob, no divination a= 
gainst Israel. 

CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast forsaken thy people, the 
house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and are 
sooth-sayers like the Philistines, and please themselves in the children 
of strangers. 

Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more soothsayers. Jos. xiii. 22^ 
Dan. ii. 27. — v. 7, 11. Acts xvi. 16. 

CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not observe times. 

Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found among you an observer 
of times. 

Ver. 14. These nations hearkened to the observers of times, and 
to diviners, but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee to do so. 

Gal. iv. 10. Ye observe days and months, and times, and years. 

Ver. 1 1. I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labour 
in vain. 2 Kings x. 6. 

CLXI. Witches, Exod. xxii. 18. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to 
live. 

Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found among you, one that 
useth divination, or an observer of times, or an inchanter, or a witch. 

Ver. 11, 12. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or 
a wizard, or a necromancer, for all these things are an abomination 
to the Lord. See instances. Balaam. Numb. xxiv. 1. Israel. 2 Kings 
xvii. 17. Isa. xlvii. 9, 12. Manasseh. 2 Kings xxi. 6. Exod. vii. 11. 
22. — viii. 7, 18. Jer. xxvii. 29. 

Gal. V. 20. The works of the flesh are witchcrafts. See 1 Sara, xv^ 
23. 2 Kings ix. 22. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Mic. v. 12. Nah. iii. 4, 5. 

CLXII. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31. Regard not them that have fami- 
liar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled with them. 

XX. 6. The soul that turneth after such I will surely cut him off. 
Isa. viii. 19. 

Ver. 27. A wizard shall surely be put to death. Deut. xviii. ^1^ 
1 Sam. xxviii. 3,9. 2 Kings xxi. 6. — xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3. 

To %vhich m.ay be added., as breaches of t^iia ccTnmand. Col- ii* ^3» 
Worshipping of angels. Rev. xix. 10. 

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Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men. 

xiv. 11. Sacrificing; unto men. 

1 Cor. X. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev. xvii. 7. 

Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly. 

It is called goirif^ a ivhnring. Lev. xvii. 7. Ezek. xvi. 6, 28. — xx. 30. 
•— xxiii. 8, 17, 43. And in many other places as maybe observed from 
the scriptures in the foregoing sections. 

CLXIIL Diviners.) instances thereof. Numb. xxii. 7. The elders 
of Moab departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and 
came to Balaam. 

Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood to use divination. 

Deut. xviii. 4. These nations hearkened to diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2. 

Ver. 10. There shall not be found among you one that useth di- 
vination. Gen. xiiv. 5. 1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts. xvi. 16. 

CLXIV. They are deceivers and false fir ofihets , Jer. xiv. 14. They 
prophesy unto you a false divination. 

xxvii. 9. Hearken not to your diviners, your dreamers, your in- 
chanters, your sorcerers. 

Ver. 10. They prophesy a lie unto you. 

xxix. 8. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, let not your diviners deceive 
you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be dreamed. 

Ver. 9. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name, I have 
not sent them, saith the Lord. Ezek. xii. 24. — xxi. 29. Mic. iii. 7, 1 1. 
Zech. X. 2. — xxii. 28. 

CLXV. Threatening^ against them. Isa. xliv. 25. The Lord that 
fruscrateth the tokens of liars and maketh diviners mad, thatturneth 
wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolishness. 

Ver. 26. That conBrmeth the word of his servant and performeth 
the counsel of his messengers. 

Ezek. xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vani- 
ty, and divine lies. Ver. 23. 

CLXVL Familiar sp.irits forbidden with threatenings against them^ 
and those that consult them. Lev. xix. 31. — xx. 6, 27. Isa. viii. 19. 
They were put away by Saul. I Sam. xxviii. 3, 9. By Josiah. 2 Kings 
xxiii. 24. They were consulted by Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7, 8. 1 Chron. 
X. 13. By Manasseh. 2 Kings xxi. 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. By the 
Egyptians. Isa. xix. 3. They mutter and peep out oT the dust. Isa. 
xxix. 4. 

COMMANDMENT THIRD. 



CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not 
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not 
hold him guiltless chat taketh his name In'vain. Deut. v. 11. 

Lev. xviii. 2 1. Neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God. 
Ch. xiK. 12.— XX. 3.™ xxi 6.-^ — xxii. 2, 32. 

CLXVII L S\veariTigfi[-:ciy. Lev. xix. 12. Ye shall not swear by 
my name iaiocly. 

Jer. vii. 9. VVill ye sv/ear falsely, and come and stand before me 
in this house. 

Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sighr. 

Ver. 2i3. Because of swearino- the iar.d moumeth. 



Chap. XV. Commandment Third* 525 

Hos. iv. 2. By swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and 
committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 

Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwel- 
leth therein shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the 
fowls of heaven, yea the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 

Zech. V. 3. This is the curse that goeth forth, every one that 
sweareth shal) be cut off according to it. 

Ver. 4. It shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house 
of him that sweareth falsely. And it shall remain in the midst oi his 
house, and shall consume the timber thereof, and the stones thereof, 

viii. 17. Love no false oath — It is an abomination to the Lord. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and adul- 
tei-ers, against false swearers, saith the Lord of hosts. Isa. xlviii. L 
Jer. v. 2, 9. Hos. x. 4. 1 Tim. i. 10. Instance. Matt. xxvi. 72, 74. 

Lev. v. 1 to 6. False swearers enjoined to make confession^ <jff'er sa- 
crijice^ Ch. vi. 2 to 6. and to make restitution to those they had injured. 

CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. Matt. v. 33. Swear not at all, 
neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor by thy 
head. Ver. 34, 35,36. Jam. v. 12. Matt, xxiii. 16 to 22. Instances. 
Gen. xlii. 15, 16. By the life of Pharaoh. 

1 Sam. XX. 3. As thy soul iiveth. Ch. xxvi. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11. 

CLXX. Swearing by other gods, Jos. xxiii. 7. Neither make men- 
tion of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them. 

Jer. V. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this ? thy children have for- 
saken me, and have sworn by them that are no gods. Hos. iv. 15. 
Amos viii. 14. Zeph. i. 4, 5. 

CLXXI. Swearing in common conversation forbidden. Matt. v. 34. 
Swear not at all, neither by heaven, 8cc. Ver. 35, 36. 

James v. 1 2. Above all things my brethren swear not, neither by 
heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your 
communication be yea, yea, nay, nay. Sec. 

CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin., or to encourage it. Instances, 
\ Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to the witch of Endor, 

Ps. cii. 8. David's enemies. 

Acts xxiii. 21. Paul's enemies. 

CLXXIIL l^ash. unnecessary swearing. Instances, Israel. Judg"* 
xxi. 1 to 18. Saul. 1 Sam. xiv, 24, 39, 45. David. 1 Sam. xxv. 22. 
Joab. 2 Sam. xix. 7. Herod. Mark vi. 23. 

CLXXI V. The positive peart of tJiis commandment., God only is to 
be sworn by. Dent. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and 
serve him, and shall swear by his name. Ch. x. 20. 

Isa. Ixv. 16. He that sweareth shiill swear by the God of truth. 

Jer. xii. 16. If they learn the ways of my people, to swear by my 
name, &c. Then shall they be built, &c. 

Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the greater. 1 Kings viii, 31, 
Ps. Ixiii. 11. 

CLXXV. The nature and duty of an oath. Jer. v. 2. Thou slialt 
swear the Lord Iiveth in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. 

Fleb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is an end of alj sti-ife, 
2 Chron. vi. 22. 



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Chap. XV, 



I 



CLXXVL Such oaths to be carefully kept. Ps. xv. 1. Lord who 
shall abide in thy tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill. 

Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 

xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, and who shall 
stand in his holy place ? 

Ver. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who haih not 
lift up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

CLXXVH. The things to be sworn to^ are truth and duty. Deut. 
xxix. 10. You stand this day all of you before the Lord your God. 

Ver. 12. That thou shouldst enter into the covenant of the Lord 
thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with 
thee this day. Ver. 13, 14. 

2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord 
God of their fathers, v/ith all their heart, and with all their soul. 

V^er. 14. And they sware unto the Lord with aloud voice. 

Ver. 15. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, and the Lord gave 
them rest on every side. 

Ezra X. 5. Ezra made the chief priest and Levites, and all I&rael 
to swear to a covenant with God. Ver. 3. 

Neh. X. 29. They entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk 
in God's law. 

Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of Egypt shall speak the lan- 
guage of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts. 

xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall 
swear. See Neh. xiii. 25. Ps. cxix. 106. — cxxxii. 2. Ezek. xvi. 59. 
Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9. 

CLXXVHL Duty towards men sworn to. Articles of peace ratified 
by oath. Gen. xxi. 23. Abraham and Abimelech swear both. Ver. 
24, 31. 

xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware one to another. 

xxxi. 53. Jacob sware (to Laban) by the fear of his father Isaac. 

Jos. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. Ch. vi. 22. 

ix. 15. Joshua and the princes of the congregation, swear to the 
Gibeonites. Ver. 19, 20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2. 

1 Sam. xix. 6, 24, 21. Saul and David swear to each other. 

XX. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 Sam. xxi. 7. See also Judg. 
XV, 12. — XXX. 15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 4. Jer. xxxviii. 16. 
— xl. 9. 

CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths punished. 2 Sam. xxi, 1, 9. 
2 Chron. xxvi. 13. Ezek. xvii. 16. 

CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by oath. Gen. xxiv. 2, 9, 37, 4 1 . 
Abraham takes an oath of his servant, concerning a v/ife to his son 
Isaac. 

xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon oath. 

xlvii. 29,30, 31. Jacob takes an oath of Joseph concerning his burial. 

l. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the children of Israel to carry his 
bones o\it of Egypt. Exod. xiii. 19. 

1 Kings i, 13, 29, David by oath fixed Solomon to be his successor. 

2 Kings xi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of the rulers to conceal Joash 
from his enemies. 

Neh. V. 12. Nehemi^h takes ari oath of the priests to do justice to 
in lured persons. 



Chap. XV. Comynandment Third. 327 

CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl. viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep 
the king-'s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 

Oaths exacted by kings from ihe/ieo/ile. See 1 Kings ii, 42. — xviii. 10. 

CLXXXII. The oath of a sing/e person decides controxiersy. Exod. 
xxii. 10, 1 1 . In cases of property where no other evidence can be had. 

Numb. V. 12 to 22. ji woman's oath in case of jealousy without evi- 
dence against her. 

CLXXXIII. The duty and lawfulness of swearing up.on proper occa- 
sions is urged not only from the foregoing scrlpitures, but also, from the 
following examples, 

CLXXXIV. God promised upon oath to bless Abraham.^ and to mul- 
tiply his offspring. 

Gen. xxii. 15. The ang-el of the Lord called unto Abraham and said, 

Ver. 16. By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, 

Ver. 17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I 
will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which 
is upon the sea-shore. Exod. xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17. 

CLXXXV. To give the land of Canaan. Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham 
Said, the Lord God of heaven sware unto me, saying, unto thy seed will 
I give this land. Ch. xii. 7. 

xxvi. 2. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, and said, 

Ver. 3. I will be with thee and will bless thee, for unto thee and 
unto thy seed, will I giye all these countries, and I will perform the 
oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father. Ch. xxii. 16. — i. 24. 

CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. Deu . vii. 12. If ye hearken to 
these judgments and keep and do them, the Lord thy God will keep 
unto thee the covenant and the mercy, which he sware unto thy fa- 
thers. Ch. iv. 31. — vii. 8. — viii. 18. — ix. 5 — xxviii. 9. 

To continue the seed of David. Ps. Ixxxix. 3. 1 have sworn unto 
David my servant. 

V er. 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, and will build up thy 
throne to all generations. Ver. 35, 49. 

CLXXXVlI. The perpetuity of Christ's priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. 
1 he Lord sware and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after 
the order of Melchizedeck. Ps. ex. 4. See Isa. xiv. 32, 23. 

CLXXXVIII. Tofuful his threatenings against the unbelieving and 
disobedient. 

^ Heb. iii. 18. To whom sware he, that they should not en.ter into 
his rest, but to them that believed not. See Numb. xiv. 23.— xxxii 
iO, 1 1. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. xlix. 13. — li. 14. Amos vi. 8. also Lev. xxvi. 
and Deut. xxviii. referred to in these threatenings. 

CLXXXIX. Exampde Id. Jesus Christ answers upon oath^ Matt, 
xxvi. 63, 6^., tendered to him by the high priest. 

^ CXC. Example 3d. The angel. Rev. x. 5, 6. The angel lifted up 
his hand to heaven, and SAvare by him that liveth for ever and ever, 
that there shall be time no longer, &c. 

CXCI. Example 4th. Ass^^verations of sincerity which are equal 
to an oath among Christians. 

Rom. i. 9. God is my witness. Phil. i. 8. God is my record* 

2 Cor. i. 23. I call God for a record upon my soul. 

Mil. 19. We speak before God in Christ. Ch. ii, 17. 

(ral. i. 20, Behold before God I iig not. 



32.8 Conimaiubnent ThircL Chap. XV. 

1 Tim. V. 2 1. I charge thee before God. 

CXCn. jincimt forms of swearing among men nvere^ by lifting ufi 
the IiancL 

Gen. xiv. 22. x\brabam said, I have lift up my hand to the Lord. 
Slee Dent, xxxii. 40. Rev. x. 5. ^-j puttin,:^ the hand under the 
thigh of hiin that administered the oath. Gen. xxiv. 2, 3, 9. 

1'iie usual expressions were, 1 Sam. xxv. 34. As the God of Is- 
rael liveth. 1 Kings xvii. 1. — xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. As the Lord 
of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 2 Kings ii. 2. As the Lord liveth, and as 
thy souUiveth. Ch.iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth. Ch. xxvi. 
26. 2 Sam. xi. 11. 

CXCllL Of blasphemy forbidden. Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, an- 
ger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communications. 

CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided. 2 Sam. xii. 14. Nathan said 
to David, because by this deed, thou hast given great occasion to 
the enemies of the I.ord to blaspheme. 

2 Sam. xii. 14. The child that is born unto thee, shall surely die. 
Isa. Iii. 5. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. MaL ii. 17. Rom. ii. 24. 

1 Tim. vi. I. Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count 
their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his 
doctrine be not blasphemed. Tit. ii. 5. 

CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt. xv. 19. Out of the heart 
proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, thefts, false-witness, blas- 
phemies- Mark vii. 22. (ien. vi. 5. — viii. 21. 

CXCVL Instances of blasphemers and their punishments. Lev. xxiv. 
10. The son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, 
and a man of Israel strove togetiier. 

Ver. 11. And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name 
of the Lord, and cursed. 

Ver. 14. The Lord spake unto Moses saying, bring forth him that 
hath cursed without the camp, and let all the congregation stone him. 

Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord shall surely 
be put to death. 

2 Kings xviii. 32, 33. and xix. 10. The King of Assyria's blasphemy, 
xix. o:)^ 36, 37. His punishment. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 10. O Lord, shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for 
ever? 

Ver. 18. Rc.-ncmber, O Lord, that the foolish people have blas- 
phemed thy niunc. 

Isa, Ixv. 7. 'i'our iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers to^ 
gether, saith th.e Lord, whicii have burnt incense upon the moun- 
tains, and blasphemed me upon the hills ; therefore will I measure 
theii' former v^orks into their bosoms. Ezek. xx. 27. — xxxv. 12. 

Luke xxli. 65. Many other things blasphemously spake they against 
Jesus. 

Acts xxvi. 1 1 . I (Paul) compelled them to blaspheme, I M^as a 
blasphemer, and a persecutor, and hijurious, but I obtained mercy 
because 1 did it ignorantly. 

xviii 6. The Jews opposed and blasphemed. Ch. xiii. 45. 

1 Tim. i. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and Phiietus, whom I have 
delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. 



Chap. XV. Commandment Fourth, 329 

2 Tim. iii. 1. In the last clays perilous times shall come. 

Ver. 2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, 
boasters, proud, blasphemers. 

James ii. 7. Do not rich men blaspheme that worthy name by the 
which ye are called. 

Rev. ii. 3. I knew the blasphemy of them, which say they are 
Jews and are not. 

xiii. 1. The beast had upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 

Ver. 5. There was given to him a mouth speaking great things 
and blasphemies. 

Ver. 6. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to 
blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell therein* 

xvi. 9. Men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the 
name of God. Ver. 11. 16. 

CXCVII. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost^ its fiunishment. Matt. 
xii. 3. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, 
but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto 
men. Mark iii. 28, Luke xii. 10. 1 John v. 16. 

CXCVIII. Persons unjustly accused and p.ut to death for blasfihemy. 
1 Kings xxi. 10, 13. Naboth. Acts vi. 11, 13. Stephen. Jesus Christ. 
Matt. ix. 3. — xxvi. 65. Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21. John x 33, 36. 

CXCIX. Of vows. They are religiously to be fu filed. Numb. xxx. 2, 
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul 
with a bond, he shall not break his word, he shall do according to 
all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 

Deut. xxiii. 21. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy 
God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it, for the Lord thy Gcd wdil sure- 
ly require it of thee, and it would be a sin in thee. 

Ver. 22. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 

Prov. XX. 25. It is a snare after vows to make enquiry. 

Eccl. V. 4. When thou voAvest a vow unto God, deter not to pay 
it, for he hath no pleasure in fools, pay that which thou hast vowed. 

Ver. 5. Better is it that thou shouidst not vow, than that thou 
shouldst vow and not pay. See Job xxii. 27. Ps. xxii. 25. — I. 14. — ivi. 
12 — Ixi. 5, 8, 13. — Ixxvi. 11. — cxvi. 14, 18. Jer- xliv. 2 5. Nah. i. 15. 

CG. Vo-ws to do duty. Instances. Gen. xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a 
vow saying, if God will be with me and keep me in the way that I 
go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, then shall 
the Lord be my God. Ver. 21. Ch. xxxi. 13. Numb. xxi. 2. I Sam, 
i. 11, 28. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Jonah i. 16 — ^ii. 9. 

CCI. Si7iful vo%vs. Judg. xi. 30 to 39. Jephtha's vow. 

Mai. i. 14. To vow a corrupt thing. 

Lev. xxvii. The redemption of things vowed. 

Numb. xxx. 3, &c. A woman's vow in her virginity and married 
state, in what cases binding. 

vi. 2, kc. Of a Nazarite's vow\ Concerning Nazarites, See Judc;. 
xiii. 5, 7. — xvi. 17. Liun. iv. 7. Amos ii. 11, 12. 

COMMANDMENT FOURTH. 

ecu. Of the Sabbath. Exod. xx. 8. Remember the Sabbath day 
to keep it holy, &c. Ver. 9, 10, 1 1, 



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330 Commandment Fourth. Chap. XV. 

Exod. xxxi. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep, for it is a s\%\\ 
between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord which 
doth sanctify you. Gen. ii. 2, 3. Deut. v. 12, 15. Ezek. xx, 12. 
xliv. 24. 

com. The Sabbath a day of rest from ser^ule work, Exod. xx. 10. 
In it thou shah not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 
thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stran- 
ger that is is within thy gates. Ver. 1 1. 

xvi. 23. The Lord said, to-morrow is the rest of the holy Sab- 
bath. 

Ver. 29. liCt no man go out of his place on the seventh day, to 
gather manna. 

xxiii. 12. Six days thou shalt do thy work, in the seventh day thou 
shalt rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thine 
handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed. Ch. xxxiv. 21. — xxxv. 
23. Deut. v. 14, 15. 

Jer. xvii. 21. Thus saith the Lord, take heed to yourselves and 
bear no burthen on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of 
Jerusalem. 

Ver. 22. Neither carry forth a burthen out of your houses on the 
Sabbath day, neither do ye any v/ork. Luke xxiii. 56. Heb. iv. 9. 

CCIV. The duties of the Sabbath^ nvorshifijiing God, readings hearing 
his word-) l^c. 

Lev. xix. 30. Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanc- 
tuary, I am the Lord. Ch. xxvi. 2. 

Ezek. xlvi. 3. The people shall worship before the Lord in the 
Sabbaths. 

Mark vi. 2. When the Sabbath day was come, Jesus began to teach 
in the synagogue. 

Luke iv. 16. Jesus, as his custom was, went into the synagogue 
on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read. 

Ver. 31. He came to Capernaum and taught them on the Sabbath 
day. Ch. xiii. 10. 

Acts xiii. 14. The disciples went into the synagogue on the Sab- 
bath day. 

V^er. 15. After the reading of the law and the prophets, 

Ver. 16. Paul stood up and said, men of Israel, and ye that fear 
God give audience. 

Ver. 27. The prophets are read every Sabbath day. 

Ver. 42. The Gentiles besought that Uiese words might be preach- 
ed unto them the next Sabbath. 

Ver. 44. The next Sabbath day came almost the w^hole city toge- 
ther to hear the word of God. 

XV. 21. Moses hath in every city them that preach him, being 
read in the synagogues every Sabbath day. 

xvii. 2. Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three 
Sabbaths reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 

Ver. 3. Opening and alledging that Christ must needs have suf- 
fered. 

xviii. 4. Paul reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath. 

CCV. Works of charity and mercy to be done on the Sabbath day. 
Instances. Matt. xii. 1. Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the 



Chap. XV. Commandment Fourth, 331 

corn, and his disciples bein^ an hungred began to pluek the ears of 
corn and to eat. Mark ii. 23. 

Matt. xii. 2. The Pharisees said, thy disciples do that which is not 
kwful wi the Sabbath. 

Ver. 3. Jes-us said, have ye riot read what David did? 
■ Ver. 5. Have ye not read in the law, &c. ? 

Ver. f. 1 will have mercy and not sacrifice. 

Ver. 12. It is lawful to. do well on the Sabbath day. 

Ver. 13. He healed the withered hand. Mark iii. 2, 4. Ltikfe' vi. 9, 

Mark ii. 27. The Sabbath was made for man^ and not man for the 
Sabbath. 

Luke xiii. 15. The Lord said, doth not each of you loose his ox 
or his ass on the Sabbath day ? Ch. xiv. 3, 5. 

Ver« 16. iVnd ought not this women to be loosed from her bond 
on the Sabbath day r See John v. 8, 9, 10, 18.— vii. 22.— -ix. U. 

CCVL Promises to them that keefi the Sabbath. Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed- 
is the man that keepelh the Sabbath from polluting it. 

Ver. 4. Thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, 
and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant. 

Ver. 5. Even unto them, will I give in mine house and within ray 
wails a place and a name, better than of sons and of daughters. Sec. 

V^er. 6. Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to the 
Lord to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
vants, every one that kecpeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh 
hold of ray covenant. 

Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make 
them joyful in my house of prayer. 

Iviii. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing 
thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy 
of the Lord, honourable, and shait honour him, not doing thine own 
ways, nor finding thine own pleasures, nor speaking thine own words. 

Ver. 14« Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will 
cause thee to ride upori the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob. 

CCVII. The care of God's peofile to sanctify the Sabbath themselvesf 
and to fireuent the [irofaning it by others, 

Neh. X. 29. They entered into an oath, and into a curse to walk 
in God^s law. 

\ er. 3 1 . And if the people of the land bring ware, or any victuals, 
on the Sabbath day to sell, not to buy it of them on the Sabbath. 

xiii. 15 In those days I saw in Judah, some treading wine presses 
on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and leading asses ; as also 
wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens which they brought 
into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, and I testified against them, in 
the day wherein they sold victuals. 

Ver. 16. There dv/elt men of Tyre also therein, which brought 
fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the chil- 
dren of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 

Ver. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said 
unto them, v/hat evil thing is this that ye do. and profane the Sabbath- 



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332 Commandment Fourth, Chap. XV* 

Neh. xiii. 18. Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring 
all this evil upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye bring more wrath 
upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath. 

Ver. 19. And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem 
began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded, that the gates 
should be shut and not be opened till after the Sabbath, and some of 
my servants I set at the gates, that there should no burthen be brought 
in on the Sabbath day. 

Ver. 20. So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware, lodged 
without Jerusalem once or twice. 

Ver. 21. Then I testified against them and said unto them, why 
lodge ye about the wall, if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you ; 
from that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath. 

Ver. 22. And I commanded the Leviies, that they should cleanse 
themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanc- 
tify the Sabbath. 

CCVIII. Threatenings against Sabbath-breakers. Exod. xxxi. 14. 
Ye shall keep the Sabbath, every one that defilcth it, shall surely be 
put to death. 

Ver. 15. Whosoever doth any work on the Sabbath day, he shall 
surely be put to death. Ch. xxxv. 2. 

Numb. XV. 32. V^hile the children of Israel were in the wilder- 
ness, they found a man that gathered sticks an the Sabbath day, 

Ver. 33. And they brought him to Moses and Aaron, 

Ver. 34. And they put him in ward. 

Ver. 35. And the Lord said unto Moses, the man shall be surely 
put to death, all the congregation shall stone him with stones with- 
out the camp. 

Ver. 35. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, 
and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

Jer. xvii. 27. If ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the Sab- 
bath, &"c. 

Ezek. XX. 15. I would not bring them into the land which I had 
given them, 

Ver. 16. Because they walked not in my statutes, but polluted my 
Sabbaths. 

V^er. 23. I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness, that 
1 would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them among 
the nations. 

Ver. 24. Because they had despised my statutes and polluted my 
Sabbaths. 

xxii. 8. Thou hast profaned my Sabbaths. 

Ver. 14. Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in 
the days that I will deal with thee ? 

Ver. 26. Her priests have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and 
I am profaned among them. 

Ver 31. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon 
theufi, I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath, their own 
wjays have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord. 

xxiii. 38 ► They have dtfiied my sancluury, j.nd have profaned U5* 
Sal>biiths. 



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Chav. XVI. Love to Mankind. 333 

Ezek. xxiii. 46. Thus saith the Lord God, I will give them to be 

removed and spoiled. ,, rr^, t \ u *\ 

CCIX. Sabbath fir ivi leges ivithdraivn. Lam. ii. 6. 1 he Lorci tiatn 

caused the Sabbaths to be fogotten in Zion. 
Hos. ii. 11 . I will cause her Sabbaths to cease. 
Lam. i. 7. The adversaries did mock at her Sabbaths. See Isa. i. 

13. Amos viii. 11. , -? j r 

CCX. The change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day oj 

the week. 
Gen. ii. 2. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because 
that in it God rested from all his works. Exod. xx. 11.^ 

Col. ii. 16. Let no man judge you, in meat or in drink, or in re- 
spect of an holy-day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days : 

Ver. 17. Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is 
of Christ. Rom. xiv. 6. 

Luke xxiv. 1, 6. ^Christ rose from the dead in the first day. 

Acts XX. 7. Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came 
together, to break bread, Paul preached unto them. John xx. 19. 

1 Cor. xvi. 2. On the first day of the week let every one lay by 
him as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I 
come. ^ 

Rev. i. 9, 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord s day. 



CHAP. XVI. 

DUTIES TOWARDS MANKIND. 

I. LOVE, Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any prudge 
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour 
as thyself. 

Ver. 34. The stranger that dwelleth with you shall be as one bom 
among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself. 

iVL^tt. v. 44. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do 
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefuly use 
you and persecute you. 

Ver. 45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in 
heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good> 
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

Ver. 4 6. For if you love them which love you, what reward have 
ye ? Do not even the Publicans the same. 

Ver. 47. And if you salute your brethren only, what do ye more 
than others ? Do not even the Publicans the same ? 

Ver. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in 
heaven is perfect. 

xxii. 37. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 

Ver. 38. This is the first and great commandment. 

Ver. 39. And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bour as thvself. 



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Love, 



Chap. XVI. 



Matt. xxii. 4.0. On these two commandments hang all the law ami 
the prophets. Rom xiii. 9. James ii. 8. 

John xiii. 34. A rjiew commandment I p;ive imto you, *li;.t ye love 
one another, as I have loved you j that ye love one another. C h. 
XV. 12. 

Ver. ^5, By this shall all men know tiiat ye are my disciples, if 
ye have love one to another. 

Rom. xii. 9. Let love he without dissimulation. 

xiii. 8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : he that 
loveth another, hath fuliilled the law. 

Ver. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour, therefore love is 
the fulfilling of the law. 

Gal. v. 14. All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, thou 
shult love thy neighbour as thyself. Ver. 15. 

Eph. V. 2. Walk in love, as Christ hath loved us, and hath given 
himself for us. 

Phil. i. 9. I pray that your love may abound more and more. 

Heb. x. 24. Let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and 
to good works. 

xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 1 Pet. iii. 8. Love as brethren. 

1 Pet. i. 2. See tiiat ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 

ii. 17. Honour all men, love the brother-hood. 

1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and 
there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 

iii. 1 1. This is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, 
that we should love one another. 

Ver. 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life, be- 
cause we love th brethren. 

Ver, 18. My little children let us not love in word, neither in 
fcongue,but in deed and in truth. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God's commandment, that v/e should be- 
lieve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as 
he gave us commandment. 

iv. 10. God loved us, and sent his Son, to be the propitiation for 
our sins. 

Ver. 1 1. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one 
another. 

Ver. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a 
iiar, for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can 
he love God whom he hath not seen ? 

Ver. 21. And this commandment had we from God, that he who 
loveth God, love his brother also. 

2 John 5. That commandment we have from the beginning, that 
we love one another. 

II. Of the caufie of love .^ and how ii is produced, Prov. Xvii. 9. He 
that covereth a transgression seeketh love. 

xviii. 24. A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly, and 
there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

Heb. x. 20., Let us provoke one another to love and to good 
works. 



Chap. XVL Charitij. 335 

Gal. V. 6. Faith worketh by Love. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, See, 
- 1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught. of God to iove one another. 

I John iv. 7. Let us love one another, for love is of God. 

Ver. 8. He that loveth not, knowelh not God, for God is love. 

Ver. 12. If we love one another, God dwellerh in us. 

Ver. 16. God is love, and he that dweileth in iove dwelleth in God 
and God in him. 

V. 2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when vve 
rove God and keep his commandments. 

in. Prayers and thanks to God for Christian love^ as bdng his gift. 

1 Thess. iii. !-• The Lord make you to increase and abounc in ■ 
love, one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do towuid 
you. Ch. iii. 1. Col. ii. 2. 

Eph.i. 15. After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love 
unto all the saints, 

Ver. 16. I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you 
in my prayers. 

IV. The infuence and effests of love upon the temfier and behaviour 
of Christians^ one tonva'd another^ or how love is evidenced. 

Rom. xii. 12. Be kindly affectionate one to another, with brotherly 
love. 

xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour. 

Gal. V. 13. By love serve one another. 

Eph. iv. 2. Forbearing one another in love. 

Ver. 15. Speaking the truth in love. Ver. 16. Edifying in love. 

Phil. ii. 2. Be like minded, having the sam.e love, beini; of one ac- 
cord, of one mind. Phiiem, 9. For love's sake, 1 beseech thee. 

1 John iii. 18. Let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, 
8cc. See duties of husbands and wives, ministers and people, Com- 
mandment Fifth. 

CHARITY. 

V. Charity with other graces enjoined. I Cor. viii. 1 . Knowledge 
puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 

xiii. 1. Though I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, 
and have not charity, I am become as sounding bi-ass, or a tinkling 
cymbal. 

Ver. 2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand 
all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that 
I could rem.ove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 

Ver. 3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and 
though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profitt 
eth me nothing. 

Ver. 4. Charity suffereth long and is kind, charity envieth not, 
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up ; 

Ver. 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is 
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 

-Ver. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. 

Ver. 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth ail things, 
endureth all thini^s. 



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Chap. XVL 



1 Cor. xiii. 8. Charity rcver failcth. 

Ver. 13, Now al)i(leth fuitli, hope, chanty, these three, but the 
grenlest of these is chari'y. 

xiv. 1. Fohow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts. 

xvi. 14, Let all your things be done with charity. 

Col. iii 14. Above all things put on charity, which is the bond of 
perfectness. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the commandnient is charity, out of a 
pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 

li. 15. The woman shall be saved in child-bearing, if they conti- 
nue in faith and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. 

iv. 22. Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversa> 
tion, in chaiity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

'lit. ii. 1. Speak the things that become sound doctrine. 
Ver. 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in 
the faith, in charity, in patience. 

1 Pet. iv. 8. Above all things have fervent charity among your- 
selves, for charity shall cover a multitude of sins. Prov. x. 12. 

V. 14. Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. 

2 Pet. i. 5. Add to your faith, virtue, knowledge, 
Yew 6. Temperance, patience, godliness, 

V"er. 7. Brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, charity. 

Jiide ver. 12. Your feasts of charity. 

W, Jffir(yved exavipkn of charity y and other graces. 2 Thess. i. 3. 
Wc are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, 
because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every 
one of you aii, toward each other, aboundeth. 1 Thess. iii. 6. 

2 Tim. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known ray doctrine, manner of 
life, purpose, faith, long suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, 
aHlictons, &:c. 

Rev. ii. 18. To the angel of the church of Thyatira> write these 
things, saith the vSon of God. 

\'er. 19. I know thy works and charity, and service and faith, and 
patierce. See ver. 3. John ver. 6. 

Sec i^'ist Alices of charitable conduct toward others. 1 Cor. viii. 9, 
]25 13. 

HATRED. 



VII. Hatred, ihreatmings against it. Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt not 
hate thy brother in thine heart. 

Ps- xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

Prov. xxix. 10. The blood-thirsty hate the upright. 

Hzek. XXXV. 5. Because thou (mount Seir) hast had a perpetual 
Jiatrcd, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel ; 

Ver. 6. Therefore as I live, saith the Lord, I will prepare thee 
unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee. 

Amos V. 10. They hate hiui that rebuketh in the gate, they abhc? 
iiim that speaketh uprightly 



Chap. XVI. llatred, 33r 

Mic.iii. 2. Who hate the good, and love the evil. 

Matt. X. 22. Jesus said, ye shall be hated of all men, for my natiie^s 
sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. 

xxiv. 10. They shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 

John vii. 7. Ihe world hateth me, because 1 testify of it, that the 
works thereof are evil. 

XV. 18. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it 
hated you. 

\'er. 19. If you w^re of the world, the world would love his own, 
but because ye' are not of the ^ro^ld, but I have chosen you out of the 
world, therefore the world hateth you. \'er. 20. 

xvii. 14. Jesus said of his disciples, the v»orld h^th hated them 
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Tit. iii. 3. We ourselves \\ere sometimes foolish, disobedient, de- 
ceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, livin^^- in malice and envy, 
hateful and hating one another. 

1 John ii. 9. Ke that hateth his brother is in darkness. Ver. 1 1. 

iii. 13. Marvel not, brethren, if the world hate you. 

Ver. 15. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death, whoso- 
ever hateth his brother, is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer 
hath eternal life abiding in liim. 

I John iv. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, 
he is a liar, for he who loveth not his brother whom he bath seen, 
how can he love God whom he hath not seen ? 

VIII. The duty oj the righteous tozi'ard those that hate them. ExckI. 
xxiii. 5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his 
burthen, thou shalt surely help \\ith him. 

Matt. V. 44. Do good to them that hate you. 
Rom. xii. 21. Overcome evil with good. 

IX. Prayers and complamts to God., against the hatred of the ivicked, 
Ps. ix. 13. O Lord, consider my trouble, which 1 suffer of them 

that hate me. 

Ixix. 14. Let me be delivered from them that hate mc. See also 
Ps. xxv. 19. — XXXV. 19. — xxxviii. 19. — xli. 7 — Iv. 3.- — l--:xxvi. 17. 

X. Promises to those that are unjustly hated^ and thrtattnings against 

their haters. 

Job viii. 22. They that hate thee shall be cloathed with shame. 

Ps. xviii. 17^. God hath delivered me from them that hated m.e. 

xxxiv. 21. They that hate the just, shall be desolate. 

xliv. 7. '1 hou hast put them to shame that hated u.. 

Ixxxix. 23. I will plague them that hate him. 

Ps. cvi. 10. He saved his people from the hand of him that hated 
them. 

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part, therefore I shall see m.v de- 
sire on them that hate me. 

Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his 
word, your brethren that hated you, and cast you out for mv name'rs 
sake, said, let the Lord be gloiiiied : but he shall appear to your joy. 
and they shall be ashctmed. 

Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, when men shuU hate you, and when 
they shall separate you from^ their company, and shall reprouch you. 
nndcast out your name, as evil, for the Sun of maas sake. 



338 Eimy. Chap. XVI. 

Luke vi. 23. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for behold your re- 
ward is great in lieaven. 

See Gen. xxiv. 60. Deut. vii. 15. — xxx. 7. — xxxiii. 1 1. The right- 
eous hate only- the haters of God. 2 Chron. xix. 2. Ps. x^vi. 5. — 
xxxi. 6. — Ixviii. 1. — cxxxix. 21,22. Ps. xv. 4. 

EXVY. 

XI. Envy forbidden to the righteous. Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thine 
heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord, all the day 
long. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be 
with them. Ver. 19. 

Ps. xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be 
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, not in strife and envying. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be envying amongst you. 

Gal. V. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one 
another, envying one another. 

1 Pet. ii. 1. Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, 
and envies, and evil speaking. 

Ver. 2. As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word 
that ye may grow thereby. See Ps. Ixxiii. 2. Compare Job xxi. 7. 
Jer. xii. 1. Hab. i. 3. Prov. iii. 31. Isa. xi. 13. James v. 13. 

XIL The wicked^ their envy hurtful to themselves. Job v. 2. Envy 
slayeth the silly one. 

Prov. xiv. 30. Envy is the rottenness of the bones. ' 

XHL Envy toward others^ is a mark of an unconverted state, 

Prov. XX vii. 4. Who is able to stand before envy. 

Matt, xxvii. 18. The Jews for envy delivered Jesus to be put to 
death. Mark xv. 10. 

Acts V. 17, 18. The Jews filled with envy, laid their hands on the 
apostles, and put them into the common prison. 

vii. 9. The patriarchs moved with envy sold Joseph. 

xiii. 45. The Jew^s filled with envy spake against the things that 
were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Ch. xvii. 5. 

Rom. i. 29. The reprobate mind is filled with all unrighteousness, 
envy, &c. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy. 

I Tim. vi. 4. Doting about questions and strifes of words, where- 
of cometh envy, &c. 

Tit. iii. 3. VVe (in our unconverted state) were foolish, living ia 
malice and envy. 

James iv. 5. The spirit that dwelieth in us, lusteth to envy. 

1 Cor. iii.. 3. Whereas there is among you envying and st.iFe, Sec 
are ye not carnal ? 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh are envyings, murders. See. 
Ver. 21. ' • 

• James iii. 14. If ye have bitter envyings and strife in your hearts, 
glory not, and lie not against the truth. 

Ver. 15. Thi^ wisdom descendeth nor from above, but is earthly, 
sensual, devilish. 



Chap. XVI. Anger. sm 

James iii. 16. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion 
and every evil work. 

MALICE. 

XIV. Malice forbidden to the righteous. I Cor. v. 8. Let us keep 
the feast, not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice 
and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, 

xiv. 20. In malice be ye children, but in understanding be ye men. 

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger, and clamour, 
and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 

Col. iii 8. Put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy^ filthy commu- 
nications, &c. 1 Pet. ii. 1. 

XV. Malice in 'he ivicked. Rom. i. 28, 29. A reprobate mind, "fil- 
led with all unrighteousness, maliciousness. 

Tit. iii. 3. Foolish, living in malice and envy. ^ 

3 John iii. 9, 10. Diotrephes who loveth the pre-eminence re- 
ceiveth us not, prating against us with malicious words. 



XVI. Anger forbidden. Ps. xxxvii. 8. Cease from anger, and for- 
sake wrath, fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

Prov. xiv. 17. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of 
wicked devices is hated. 

XV. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievouB words stir 
up anger. 

Ver. 18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to 
anger appeaseth strife. -. 

xvi. 32. He that is slow to anger, is better than tlie mighty, and 
he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. 

xix. 1 1. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his 
glory to pass over a transgression. Ch. xiv. 29. 

xxi. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a reward in tlie bo- 
som strong wrath. 

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angi'j' man, and with a furi- 
ous man thou shalt not go. 

XXV, 28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a city 
that is broken down, and without walls. 

Xxvii- 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who is able 
to stand before envy. 

xxix. 22. An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man 
aboundeth in transgression. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rest- 
eth in the bosom of fools. 

Matt. v. 22. Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, 
shall be in danger of the judgment. 

Eph. iv. 26. Be ye angry and sin not, let not the sun go down up- 
on your wrath. 

Ver. 27. Neither give place to the devil. 

Ver. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, 
and evil-speakinii^be put wav from yon, with all malice. Col. iii. 8. 

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Tit. i. 7. A bishop must be blameless, not self-willed, not soon 
angary. See the government of the tongue, Commandment Ninth. 

XVII. Instances of the anger of the righteous against sin. Gen. xxx. 
I. Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, give me children 
or else I die. 

Ver. 2. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel. 

Exod. xi. 8. Moses went out from Pharaoh in great anger. 

xxxii. 19. When Moses saw the golden calf, and the Israelites 
dancing before it, his anger was kindled. 

Mark iii. 5. Jesus looked on them with anger, being grieved for 
the hardness of their hearts, he saith. Sec. 

XVIII. Sinful anger^ instances of it. Gen. ix. 5. Simeon and Levi 
are brethren, instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 

Ver. 6. O my soul come not thou into their secret ; unto their as- 
sembly, mine honour, be not thou united : for in their anger they 
slew a man. Ch. xxxiv. 26. 

Ver. 7. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce, and their wrath for 
it was cruel. See Isa. xiv. 6. Amos i. 1 1. Ps. xi. 4. 

John vii. 23. Are ye (said Christ) angry at me, because I have 
made a man whole on the Sabbath day. Rev. xi. 8. 

WRATH. 

XIX. Wrath. Ps. Ixxvi. \0. The remainder o>f wrath shah thou 
restrain. 

Prov. V. 2. Wrath slayeth the foolish man. 

xii. 16. A fooFs wrath is presently known, but a prudent man co- 
vereth shame. 

xiv 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he 
that is hasty of spirh exalteth folly. 

xix. 19. A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment. 

xxi. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his. name that dealeth in 
proud wrath. 

xxvii. 3. A stone is heavy, and the sand is weighty, but a foor& 
wrath is heavier than them both. Ver. 4. 

Rom. xii. 19. Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath. 

Gal. V. 20. The works of the flesh are wrath, kc. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among you wrath, strifes. 

Eph. iv. 26. Let not the sun ^o down upon your wrath. 

Ve'. 31. Let all wrath be put away, &c. Col. iii. 8. 

vi. 4. Fathers provoke not your children to wrath. 

I Tim. ii. 8. Pray, lifting up holy hands without wrath, 

James i. 19. Let every man be slow to wrath. 

Ver. 20. For the wrath of man worketh not the rii^hteousness of 
God. 

Rom. xii. 12. The devil is gone down, having great wrath, &c. 

Isa. xvi. 6. We have heard of the pride of Moab and bis v/rath. 
but his lies shall not be so. 

Ver. 7 . Therefore shall Moab howl. Jer. xlviii. 30. 

CONTENTION. 

yil^. Contention forbidden. Prov xiii. 10. Only by pride Gomeii? 
contention, but with the well-advised is wisdom. 



Chap. XVI. Peace, 34i 

Prov. xvii. 14. The besrinnino: of strife is as when one letteth out 
water, therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. 

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth 
for strokes. 

Ver. 19. A brother is harder to be won, than a strong city, and 
their contentions are like the bars of a castle. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner and contention shall go out, yea 
strife and reproach shall cease. 

xxiii. 29. Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath conten- 
tions ? who hath babblings? who hath wounds without cause? who 
hath redness of eyes ? 

Ver. 30. They that tarry long at the wine. 

xxvi. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a 
contentious man to kindle strife. 

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he rag« 
or laugh, there is no rest. 

Hab. i. 3. There are that raise up strife and contention. 

Rom. ii. 8. Unto them that are contentious and obey not the truth, 
but obey unrighteousness, God will render indignation and wrath, 

1 Cor. i. 11. It hath been declared unto me that there are conten- 
tions among you. 

Ver, 12. Every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, 
and 1 of Cephas, and I of Christ. 

xi. 16. If any man seems to be contentious, we have no such cus- 
ton), neither the churches of God. 

Tit. iii. 9. Avoid contentions about the law, for they are vain. 

XXI. Promises and firayers against contention. Isa. xli. 12. Thou 
shalt not find them that centended with thee ; they that war against 
thee shall be as nothing. 

xlix. 25. I will contend with them that contend with thee. 

XXII. The righteous contend only against sin. Prov. xxviii. 4. Such 
as keep the law contend with the wicked. 

Neh. xiii. 11. I contended with the rulers and said, why is th* 
house of God forsaken? 

\ er. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto 
them, what evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath 
day. 

Ver. 25. I contended with them that had married strange wives, 
and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their 
hair, &c. 

1 Thess. ii. 2. We were b<;>id to speak the gospel with much con- 
tention. 

Jude 3» Contend for the faith delivered to the saints. 

PEACE. 

XXIII. Peace coimnanded.^ with promises to it. Ps. xxxiv. 14. Do 
good, seek peace and pursue it. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

cxx. 6. I am for peace, but ye are for v/ar. Ver. 7. 
Prov. xii. 20. To the counsellors of peace is joy. 
Zech. viii. 19. Love peace. 

Matt. V. 9. Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called 
the children of God. James iii. 18. 



o42 Peace, Chap. XVI. 

Matt. V. 25. Agree with thine adversary quickly. 
Mark ix. 50. Have peace one with another. 

Rom. xii. 18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you live peace- 
ably^ with all men. 

xiv- 19. Let us follow after the things which make for peace. 

1 Cor vii. 3. God hath called us to peace. 

2 Cor. xiii. 1 1. Live in peace, and the God of all peace shall be 
vi^ith you. 

Eph. iv. 3. Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which 
ye are called in one body, and be ye thankful. 

L Thess. V. 13. Be at peace among yourselves. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Follow after righteousness, faith, charity, peace 
with them that call on the Lord, out of a pure heart. 

Heb. xii. 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the Lord. 

XXIV. Motives to fie ace among Christians. John xiv. 27. Jesus said, 
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Luke xxiv 36. 

Rom. X. 15. How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the 
gospel of peace ? Isa. Iii. 7. Nah. i. 15. Eph. vi. 15. 

xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righte- 
ousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

XV. 33. The God of peace be with you. 2 Cor. xiii. II. Phil. iv. 9. 

x-i. 20. The God of peace shall bruise Satan imder your feet 

1 Cor. xiv. 33. God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. 

Eph. vi. 15. The gospel is the gospel of peace. 

1 Thess. V. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace make you perfect. 

Gal. V. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace* 

James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, &c. 

XX v. Peace prayed for., as a desirable gift of God. Numb. vi. 26. 
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 

Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Ver. 7, 8. 

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you 
to be carried away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it. 

Luke X. 5. .Tesus said, into whatsoever house ye enter first, say 
peace be to this house. 

Ver. 6. If the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it, 
if not, it shall turn to you again. Matt. x. 13. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Sk-c. 

XV. IS. The God of hope fill you with joy and peace in believing. 

Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according to this rule, peace be up- 
on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 

Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from 
God the Falkher, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Phil, iv^ 6. In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanks- 
giving let your requests be made known unto God 

Ver. 7. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding 
shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. 



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2 Thess. iii. 16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace 
alwavs, by all means. The Lord be with you all. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to yoU; and peace be mukipled. Ver. 3. 
John Y. 14. Peace be with all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 
Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and peace from him which is, and 

which was, and which is to come, and from the seven Spirits which 
are before the throne. 

XXVL Peace the gift of God, firomises and instances thereof. Lev. 
xxvi. 36. If ye will walk in my statutes, I vviii give peace in your 
land. Isa. xlviii. 18. 

2 Kings XX. 19. Hezekiah said un<-o Isaiah, good is the word of 
the Lord, which thou hr.st spoken. And he suid. is it not good if peace 
and truth be in my days ? 

1 Chron. xxii. 9. The Lord said, I will give peace and quietness un- 
to Israel in Solom.on's davs. 

Job V. 23. The beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 

Yev. 24. Thou shait know chtit tny tabern xie shall be in peace. 

Ps. xxxvii. 1 1. The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall deli.-^iit 
themselves in abundancs of peace. 

Iv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace from battle t...i: v.-as 
against me. 

Prov. xvi. 17. When a man's ways please the Lord, he makeih 
his enemies to be at peace with him. 

Isa. xlv. 7. I form light, and I create darkness, I make peace and 
I create evil, I the Lord do all these things. Ch. Ivii. 19. 

XXVII. Peace ivith God is the blessed revjard of the righteous or 
good man. 

Job xxii. 21. Acquaint now thyself with God, and be at peace. 

xxxvii. If. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the 
end of that man is peace. 

Ps. cxiitt" 165. Great peace have they that love thy law. 

Prov. iii. 17. Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her 
paths are peace. 

xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is 
stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. 

isa. xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my strength that he may make 
peace with me, and he shall make peace with me. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness shall be peace, and the ef- 
fect of righteousness, quietness, and assurance for ever. 

Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds each 
one walking in his uprightness. 

Rom.ii. 10. Glory, honour, and peace to every one that v.'orketh 
good. 

viii. 6. To be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace 
without spot and blameless. 

XX\TII. Peace promised to the church of God. Ps. xxix. 1 1. The 
Lord will bless his people with peace. Ps. Ixxxv. 8, 10. 

ixxii. 3. The mountains shall bring peace to the people. Ver. 7. 

cxxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel. Ps. cxxviii. 6. 

cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders, f Job xxv. 2^ He ma- 
keth peace in his high places. See Ps. 46. 



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Isa. ii. 4. They shall beat their swords to plouq:h-shares, and their 
spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they leai'n war any more. 

xi. 6. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall 
lie down with the kid, and the calf and the youni^ lion and the fat- 
!ini^ together, aad a little child shall lead them. 

Ver. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. 
Ver. 7, 8, 13. 

xxvi. 12 . Lord, thou -wilt ordain peace for us. 

xxxii. 18. My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in 
sure dwellins^-s, and in quiet resting'-places. 

lir. 10. The mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but 
my kindness shall not depart from thee, nor my covenant of peace 
be removed. 

V'er. 13. All thy children shall be taught of God, and great shall 
be the peace of thy children. 

Iv. 12. Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. 

Ik. 17. 1 will make thine ofticers peace, and thine exactors righte- 
ousness. 

Ixvi. 12. Thus saith the Lord, behold I will extend peace to her 
like a river. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and 
truth. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a covenant of peace, and 
they shall dwell safely and sleep in the woods. Ch. xxvii. 26. 

Hag. ii. 9. In this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Zecii. vi. 13. The council of peace shall be between them. 



XXIX. Ujiity, Ps. cKXxiii. 1. Behold how good and how pleasant 
it is for brethrci) to dweii together in unity. 

Amos iii 3. Can tv/o walk together except they be agreed. 
John xvii. ^0. Jesus said, I pray for those that shall believe on me, 
Ver. 21. Th-it they all m.ay be one. Ver. 22, i:3. 
Actsiv. 3'i. The multitude that believed were of one heart. 
Rom. XV. 5. Be like minded one toward another. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Be perfectly joined together in the sam.e mind, and 
in the same judgment. 

2 Cor. xiii. 1 1- lie of one mind. 

Gai. v. 15. If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye 
be not consumed one of another. 

Phil. i. 27. Let us stand fast in one Spirit. 

HONOUR. 



XXX. Honouring one another. Lev. xix. 32. Thou shall honour 

tlie face of the old man. 

Ps. XV. 4. The rii,"hteous honoureth them tliat fear the Lord. 



Rora. xii. 
another - 



10. Be kradly affectioned, in honour preferring one 



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Rom. xiii. 7. Render honour to whom honour is clue. 

Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than 
themselves. 

1 Tim. V. 3. Honour widow^s that are widows indeed. 

vi. 1. Let servants count their masters worthy of all honour. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Fear God. Honour the king. See 
Luke xiv. 8. 

DESPISING OTHERS. 

XXXL Desfiising others. Prov. xi. 12. He that is void of wisdom 
despiseth his neighbour. 

xiv. 2 1 . He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth. 

Luke xviii. 9. Jesus spake a parable to certain that trusted in theni- 
selves that they were righteous, and despised others. 

1 Tim. vi. 2. Servants that have believing masters, let them not 
despise them. 

2 Tim. iii. 1. Perilous times shall come. 

Ver. 3. Men shall be lovers of their ownselves, and despisers oi 
those that are good. 

James ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in 
faith. 

Ver. 6. But ye have despised the poor. 

STRIFE. 

XXXIL Strife forbidden to the godly ^ and to be atioided by them. 
Gen. xiii. 6. Abraham said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray 
thee, between thee and me, for we be brethren. Ver. 9, 

Prov. iii. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done 
thee no harm. 

XX. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but everv 
fool will be meddling. 

xvii. 10. Cast out the scorner and contention shall go out, yea 
strife and reproach shall cease, 

XXV. 8. Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou knew not what to 
do in the end thereof. 

xxvi. 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife, belonging 
not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the cars. 

Ver. 20. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out, so where 
there is no tale bearer, the sttife ceaseth. 

Ver. 21. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a 
contentious man to kindle strife. 

Matt,' xii. 19. My servant (i. e. Christ) shdl not strive nor cry, 
neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. Isa, xiii, 1. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day — not in strife 
and envying. 

^ I Cor. iii. 3. Whereas there is among you envying and strife, and 
divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men ? 

Ver. 4. While one saith, I am of Paul, and another I am of Apcl- 
los, are ye not carnal. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, 
strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellmgs, tumults. 



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Gal. V. 20. The works of the flesh are wrath, strife. 

Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Proud, knowing nothing, but doting about strifes of 
words whereof Cometh envy, strife, raiimg, evil surmisings, &€. 

2 Tim. ii. 23. Foolish and unlearned questions avoid, they do gen- 
der strifes. 

Ver. 24. And the servant of the Lord must not strive. Vcr. 14. 
iii. 9. 

Heb. vi. 1 6. An oath for the confirmation of truth, is an end of 
strife. 

James iii. 14. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, 
glory not, and lie not against the truth. 

Ver. 15. This wisdom is earthly, sensual, devilish. 

Ver. 16. For where envying and stiife is, there is confusion and 
every evil work. 

FIGHTINGS. 

XXXIIL Fightings^ quarrels. Mark vi. 18. John said to Herod, 
it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 

Ver. 19. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him. 

2 Cor. vii. 5. Without were fightings, within were fears. 

Col. iii. 13. If any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ 
forgave you, so do ye. 

James iv. 1. From whence come wars and fightings among you ? 
Come they not hence ? even of your lusts that war in your members. 

DIVISIONS. 



XXXIV. Divisions for biddim. Judg. v. 15. For the divisions of 
Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 

Ver. 16. For the divisions of Reuben were great searchings of 
heart. 

Matt. xii. 25. Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to 
desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not 
stand. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause divisions, and avoid them, 

I Cor. i. 10. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there 
be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together 
in the same mind and in the same judgment. 

iii. 3. Vv^hereas there is among you envying and stiife and divi- 
sions, are ye not carnal and walk as men ? Ch. xi. 18. 

xii. 25. There should be no schism in the body, the members should 
have the S'lnie care one of another. 

OFFENCES. 

XXXV. Oj^cnctsforhidd'-v. Isa. xi. 13. Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 

Matt. xvii. 25. Jesus said to Peter, of whom do the kings of the 
earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children or of stran- 
gers ? 

Ver. 26. Peter said unto him, of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, 
then are the children free. 

Ver. 27. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to 



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the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first comeih up, 
and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of mo- 
ney, that take and i^ive unto them for me and thee. 

Acts. xxiv. 16. Paul said, herein do I exercise myself, to have al- 
ways a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. 

Rom. xiv. 21. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor 
any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made 
Weak. 

1 Cor. X. 32. Give none offence, neither to the Jews nor to the 
Gentiles, nor to the church of God. 2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving none offence. 

Ver. 33. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine 
own profit, but the proBt of many. 2 Cor. xi. 29. 

Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one 
another. 

Pliil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sincere and without offence till 
the day of Christ. 

I Thesrs. iv. 1 1. We beseech you that ye study to be quiet. 

Ver. 12. That ye walk honestly toward them that are without. 

XXXV '. Threats agaimt offenders. Matt. xiii. 4 1 . The Son of mail 
shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom, 
all things than offend, and them which do iniquity, and cast them 
into a furnace of fire, 8cc. Ver. 42. 

xviii. 6. Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe 
in me, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 

Ver, 7. Woe unto that man by whom the offence cometh. 

DOING GOOD. 

XXXVII. Doing good to others. Vs. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, 
and do good, so shalt thou dvvell in the land, and verily thou shalt 
be fed. 

EccL iii. 12. Rejoice and do good. 

Amos V. 15. Hate the evil and love the good. 

Mic. iii. 2. The wicked hate the good and love the evil. 

Luke vi. 3 1. As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to 
them likewise. 

Ver. 33. If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thanks 
have ye I For sinners also do even the same. 

Ver. 2,5. Do good and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your 
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest ; 
for he is kind unto the unthankful and the evil. 

Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well-doing. 

Ver. 10. As v/e have opportunity let us do good unto all men, es= 
pecially to them who are of the household of faith. 

Eph. vi. 1. Whatsoever good thhig any man doth, the same shall 
he receive of the Lord, vv^hether he be bond or free. Col. iii. 24. 

i Thcss. v. 15. See that none render evil for evil unto any man ; 
but ever follow that whicii is good^ both among yoarseives and to all 
men. 

1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge theiii that are rich, 

Ver. 18, Fhiit fhev do good, t:iat they be rich in 'icod "/orksr 



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Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communicate forget not, for ■with 
such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

1 Pet. iii. 13. Who is he that will harm you, if ye be doers of that 
which is good. 

DOING EVIL. 

XXXVIII. Doing evil. 2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord shall reward the 
doer of evil according to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil doers. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congregation of evil-doers. 

xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil. Isa. i. 4, 16. 1 Pet. iii 10. 

Ver. 16. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 

Prov. xxiv. 8. He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mis- 
chievous person. 

Isa. xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall never be renewned. 

xxxi. 2. The Lord will arise against the house of evil doers. 

John iii. 20. Every one that doeth evil hateth the light. 

Ver. 21. He that doth truth cometh to the light. 

Rom. xiii. 4. If thou do that which is evil, be afraid of the power. 
1 Pet. ii. 2, 14. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no evil. 
Phil. iii. 2 Beware of evil workers. 

1 Thess. V. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

1 Pet. iii. 12. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an evil doer. 

3 John 1 1 . Foilov/ not that which is evil, but that which is good, 
he that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen 
God. 

DOING WRONG. 

XXXIX. Doing' wrong. Acts vi. 26, 27- He that did the wrongs 
thrust Moses away, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over 
us. Exod. ii. )3. 

1 Cor. vi. 7. There is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to 
law one with another, why do ye not rather take wrong ? why do ye 
not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 

Ver. 8. Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. 

Col. iii. 25. He that doth wrong, shaU receive for the wrong that 
he doth. See Jer. xxii. 3, 13. 2 Cor- vii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 19. 



DOING MISCHIEF. 

XI ^. Doing mischiefs the character of the vcicked. Exod. xxxii, 22. 
Aaron said, the people are set on mi chief. 

Job XV. 35. They couceive niischiei", and bring forth vanity. 

Ps. xxvi. 10. In their hunds is misciiief. 

xxviii. 3. They speak to their nei:3iibonrs, !)ut mischief is in theif 
hearts. 

xxxvi, 4. The wicl-ied deviseth u/ibcluef upon his bed, he settetli 
himself in a way that is not good, ivc abiioi rcth not evii. 



Chap. XVI. Mercy. 349 

Ps. xxxviii. 1 3. They that seek my hurt, speak mischievous things, 
and imagine deceit all the day long. 

Iv. 10. Mischief and sorrow are in the midst of the wicked. 

Prov. iv. 16. The wicked sleep not, except they do mischief. 

-^i. 14. A wicked man deviseth mischief continually. 

X. 23. It is a sport to a fool to do mischief. 

xvii. 20. He that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 
Ch. xiii. \7. — xxiv. 2, 8, 16 — xxviii. 14. 

Ecc . X. 13. The end of a fool's talk, is mischievous madness. 

Isa. lix 4. They conceive mischief, and bring forth foily. Sec 
Ezek. xi. 2. Dan. xi. 17, Mic. vii. 3. Acts xiii. 10. 

Threats. Ps. vii. 14. The wicked hath conceived mischief and 
brought forth falsehood. 

Ver. 16. His mischief shall return upon his own head. 

X. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to requite it. 

xxi. 11. They imagine a mischievous device against me j 

Ver. 12. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back. 

lii. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief : God shall destroy thee. 
Ver. 5. Ps/lxii. 3. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, 
which frameth mischief by a law .^ 

cxl. I. Deliver me from the evil man. 

Ver. 2. They imagine mischief in their heart continually. 

Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 

Prov xi. 27. He that diligently S'.eketh good procureth favour, 
but he that seeketh mischief it shall come upon him. 

HARMLESS. 

XLT. Of being harmless. Matt. x. 1 6. Be wise as serpents and harm- 
less as doves. Rom. xvi. 19. 

Phil. ii. 15. Be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without 
rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom 
ye shine as lights in the world. 

BLAMELESS. 

XLH. Blameless. 1 Cor. i. 8. God shall confirm you unto the end, 
that ye may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in love. 

1 Thess. V. 3. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I 
pray God that your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blame- 
less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. V. 7. These things give in charge, that they may be blame- 
less. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent that ye may be found of him without 
spot, and blameless. See Luke i. 6. 

meRcy. 

XLHL Promises to the merciful. Ps. xviii. 25. With the merciful 
thou wilt shew thyself merciful. 

xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy. Ver. 26. He is ever 
pierciful. 



350 Compassion and Pitij, Chap. XVI. 

Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee, bind them about 
thy neck, write them upon the table of thine heart. 

xi 17. The merciful man doth good to his own soul, but he that 
is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 

xvi. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged. 

xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth 
life, righteousness and honour. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniqui- 
ties by shewing mercy. 

Hos. \\. 5. I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge 
of God more than burnt offerings. Matt. ix. 13.-— xii. 7. 

xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment. 

Mic. vi 8. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly 
and love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. 

Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, execute true 
judgment and shew mercy and compassions every one to his brot.her, 

Matt. V. 7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 

Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your Father is merciful. 

Rom. xii. 8. He that sheweth mercy, let him do it with cheerful- 
ness. 

Phil. ii. I. If there are any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, 
Ver. 2. 

Col. iii 12. Put on (as the elect of God holy and beloved) bowels 
of mercies. 

Jajnes iii. 17- The wisdom that is from above is full of mercy. 

UNMERCIFUL. 

XLIV. U^nnercifuL Threats. Ps. cix. 12. Let there be none to ex- 
<tend mercy unto him. 

Ver, 16, Because he remembered not to shew mercy. 

Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of 
t'ne land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God 
in the land. 

Matt, xxiii. 23. Woe to you, ye have omitted the weightier mat- 
ters of the law. judgment, mercy and faith. 

Rom i. 28, 29. The reprobate mind is filled with all unrighteous-! 
ness, implacable, unmerciful- 

Jan^es ii. 13. He shall have judgment without niercy that shewed 
Ro mercy. Matt. vii. 22, 

COMPASSION AND PITY- 

XLV. Comfiasdon q.ndjiity, Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of 
hosts, saying, execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compas- 
sions every man to his brother. 

Matt, xviii. 33. Shouldst thou not have had compassion on thy fel- 
lQ\y servant, even as I had pity on thee. 

Luke X. 33f \ Samaritan had compassion on him that fell among 
thieves, 

Ver. 37. Jesus said, po thou and do likewise. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Brethren, be ail of one niind, having compassion one 
pf another. 



.Chap. XVI. Forgiveness, 351 

1 John iii. 15. Whosoever hath this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion toward 
him, how dwelleth the love of Ciod in that man ? See Heb. xiii. 3. 
— X. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14. Job xxx. 25. Ps. xxxv. 13, 14. 

Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with 
those that weep. 

Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of 
Christ. 

Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be shewed. 

xix. 22. Have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of 
God hath touched me. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph. iv. 32. 

Matt. XXV. 34 to 46. See there Christ's sentences, at the last day, 
to the compassionate and uncompassionate. Amos i. 1 1. 

See persons not to be pitied. Deut. vii. 16. — xiii. 8. — xix. 13, 21. 
Ezek. ix. 5, 6. 

CRUELTY OF THE WICKED. 

XL VI. Cruelty of the noicked. Gen. xlix. 5. Instruments of cruel- 
ty are in their habitations. Ver. 7. 

Deut. xxxii. 33. Their wine is the poison of dragons and the cru- 
el venom of asps. 

Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 20. Earth's dark places are full of the habitations of 
cruelty. 

Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people is become cruel. 

Prayers. Ps. Ixxi. 4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of 
the wicked, and out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 
Ps. XXV. 19. — xxvii- 12. 

Threats, Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I am very sore dis- 
pleased with the heathen, that are at ease, for 1 was but a little dis- 
pleased and they helped forward the affliction. Amos i. 1 1. Obad. i. 
15. Gen- xiii. 21. Amos vi. 1, 3, 6. Isa. xlvil. 6. Judg. ix. 24. Ezek, 
xviii. 18. — ^xxxiv. 4. 

FORGIVENESS. 

XLVIL Forgi-ueness, Matt. vi. 9. After this manner pray ye, out 
Father which art in heaven. 

Ver. 12. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 

Ver. 14. If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you. 

Ver. 15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither wdll 
your Father forgive you your trespasses. 

^ xviii. 15. If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him 
liis fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast 
gained thy brother. 

Ver. 21. Peter said, how oft shall my brother offend and I forgive 
him ? till seven times ? 

XXII. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee till seven time^. 
but until seventy times seveti. 



o52 Good Counsel CpAP. XVI. 

Matt, xviii. 27. The Lord of that servant (who could not pay) for- 
gave him all the debt. 

Ver. 2>5. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if 
ye from your hearts forgive every one his brother their trespasses. 

Mark xi. 25. When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought 
a::^ainst any, that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive 
you your trespasses. 

Ver. 26. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which 
is in heaven forgive you your trespasses. 

Luke vi. 37. Forgive and ye shall be forgiven. 

Ver. 38. ¥ov with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to 
you again. 

xvii. 3. Take heed to yourselves, if thy brother trespass against 
thee, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him. 

Ver. 4. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a d y, and 
seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying I repent, thou shalt 
foreive him. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving 
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels 
of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering. 

Ver. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if 
any men have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so 
do ye. See 2 Cor. ii. 7, 10. Gal. vi. 1. 

REVENGE. 

XLVin. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear 
any grudge against the children of thy people. 

Prov. XX. 22. Say not thou, I will recompence evil. 

xxiv. 29. Say not I will do to him as he hath done to me, I will 
render to the man according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 15. I Pet. iii. 9. 

xii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil. 

Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you imagine evil against his brother in 
his heart. Ch. viii. 17. 

Rom. xii. 19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather 
g-ive place to wrath, for it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay 
saith the Lord. 

Ver. 20. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, 
give him drink; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his 
head. 

Ver. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 

Trayers and corapdabits. Ps. cxl. 1, 2. Deliver me, O Lord, from 
the evil men, v\diich imagine mischief in their heart. Hos. vii. 15. 
Lam. iii. 60. Ps. x. 2. — xxi. 10. See revenge punished, Ezek. xxv. 
12 to 18. 

GOOD COUNSEL. 

XLIX. The duty of giving and receiving good counsel. Ps. Iv. 14. 
We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in 
company. 



Chap. XVI. Good CounseL '25o 

Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear and will increase in learning, and 
a man of understanding will attain unto wise counsel. 

xi. 14. Where no counsel is the people fall, but in the multitude 
of counsellors there is safety. Ch. xv. 22. — xx. 18. — xxiv. 6. 

xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel is wise. 

xiii. 10. With the well-advised is wisdom. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruction, that thou mayestbe 
wise in thy latter end. 

xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doth the 
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

Instances of good counsel received by Moses. Exod. xviii. 19. — ^by 
Bathsheba. I Kings i. 12, — by the king of Israel. 2 Kings vi. 9, 10, 
— by the kingof Judah. 2 Chron. xxx. 2, 23. — by the princes of Ju- 
dah. Ezek. x, 3, 8. 

L. Rejecting euil counsel^ the duty and safety thereof Ps. i. 1. Bles- 
sed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Job 
xxi. 16. — xxii. 18. 

Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee consent thou not. 

xii. 5. The counsel of the wicked is deceit. 

xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction that causeth to err from 
the words of knowledge. 

Followers of evil cown^el punished. Instances thereof. Those who 
followed the counsel of Balaam. Numb.xxxi. 16. — Rehoboam for fol- 
lowing the counsel of the yoang men. 1 Kings xii. 8, 14. Ahaziah for 
following the evil counsel of his mother. 2 Chron. xxii. 3, 4, 5. 

LI. The mutual obligations to giving and receiving instruction from 
one another. Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruction, let her not 
go, keep her for she is thy life. Ch. i. 2, 3. — v. 1 — vi. 23. 

viii. 10. Receive my instructions and not silver; and knowledge 
rather than choice gold. 

Ver. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. 

ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser. 
teach a just man and he will increase in learning. 

X. 1 7. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction, but he that 
refoseth reproof erreth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge, but he that 
hateth reproof is brutish. 

XV. 32. He that refuseth instruction despiscth his own soul, bat he 
that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive instruction, that thou mavesi 
be wise in thy latter end. 

Ver. 27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that cau-selh lo 
err from the words of knowledge. 

xxi. 1 1. When a scorner is punished the simple is made vvise, bui 
when the wise is instructed he receiveth knov/iedge. 

xxiii. 12. Apply thine hei-.rt unto instruction, c-ncl thine ears to the 
words of knowieci.HC. 

Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not ; also, wi;sdom, and instruc- 
tion, and understanding. 

Job iv. 3. Thou hast instructed munvs and hast stien^.'-thened th^;: 
weak hands. 



354 Good CoumeL Chap. XVI. 

Dan. xi. 3 J. They that understand amoni^ the people shall instruct 
many. See Prov. i. 2, 3. 

Lll. Of refusing instruction. Prov. i. 7. Fools dispise wisdom and 
instruction. Ch. xv. 5. 

V. 23. The wicked shall die without instruction, and in the great- 
nes of his folly he shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13. 

xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that rcfuseth instruc- 
tion, but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 

xvi. 22 Understanding^ is a well-spring of life to him that hath it, 
but the instruction of fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12. 

LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 19. Let us follow after the 
things which make for peace, and the things wherewith one may 
edify another. 

XV. 2. Let every one please his neighbour for his good to edifica- 
tion. 

1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edineth. 

xiv. 26. Let all things be done to edifying. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communications proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace to the hearers. 

1 Thess. v. II. Comfort yourselves together, and edify one ano- 
ther. See Eph. iv. 16. I Cor. x. 23. — xiv. 3, 12. 

LIV. To exhort one another. Heb. iii. 13. Exhort one another dai- 
ly, while it is called to-day, lest any of you be hardened through the 
deceitfulness of sin. 

X. 24. Let us consider one another to provoke one another to love 
and to good works. 

Ver. 25. Exhorting one another. 

LV. To ivarn one another. 1 Thess. v. 11. Warn them that are 
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient to- 
ward all men. 

LVL To admonish one another. Eccl. v. 13. Better is a poor and 
wise child; than an old and foolish king, that will no more be admo- 
nished. 

xii. 11. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fixed by 
the masters of assemblies. 

Ver. 12. By these, my son, be thou admonished. 

Rom. XV. 14. I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye 
are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish 
one another. 

Ccl. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you, in all wisdom, 
teaching and admonishing one another. 

2 Thess. iii. 14. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, 
note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be at>ham- 
ed. 

Ver. 15. Yet count him not as an eneniv, but admonish hi in us a 
brother. 

LViL To rebuke one another^ and to hearken r.o rebuke. Lev. xix. 

I 17. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour^ and sulTcr not sin 

upon him. 



Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall fin? 
n^ore favour than he that iiiAtLereth vviih XhQ ton/^Ai?. Ch. xxvii. 5, 



Chap. XVI. Good Counsel, 255 

Prov. xxiv. 25. To them that rebuke the wicked shall be delight, 
and a good blessing shall come upon them. 

Matt. viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peier. Luke xxiii. 4. One thief re- 
buked another. 

1 Tim. V. 20. Them that sin rebuke before all, that others may fear. 

LVIII. Of not giving and receiving rebuke. Prov. ix. 7. He that 
reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that rebuketh 
a wicked man getteth to himself a blot* 

Ver< 8. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee, rebuke a wise 
man and he will love thee. 

xiii. I. A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Amoiji^. 10. The wicked hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and 
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 

Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is holy unto dogs, neither cast 
ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, 
and turn again and rent you. 

1 Tim. V. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. 

LIX. To reprove one another. Ps. cxli. 5. Let the righteous smite 
me- it shall be a kindness, arid let him reprove me, it sahll be an ex- 
cellent oil, which shall not break my head. Prov. xxvii. 6. 

Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 

XV. 5. He that regardeth reproof is prudent. 

Ver. 31. The ear that heareth the reproof of life, abideth among 
the wise. 

Ver. 32. He that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 

xvii. 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred 
stripes into a fool. 

xix. 25. Reprove one that hath understanding and be will under- 
stand knowledge. 

XXV. 10. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornameiU of fine gold, so 
is a wise reprover on an obedient ear. 

Eph. V. 1 1. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful v/orks of dark- 
ness, but rather reprove them. 

Ver. 13. All things that are reproved are made manifest bv the 
light. 

LX. Of not heakening to rejiroof. Prov. x. IT. He Is in the way of 
life that keepeth instruction, but he that refuscth reproof erreth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge, but he that ha- 
teth reproof is brutish. 

xviii. 10. Correction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way, and 
he that hateth reproof shall die. 

V^er. 1 2. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him, neither will 
he go unto the wise. 

xxix. I. He that being often reproved, hardencth his neck, shall 
suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy. 

Isa. xkIk. '-30. The terrible one is brought to nought, and the scor- 
ner is consumed, and all them thut watch for iniquity are cut off. 

x'er. 21. That mcike a man an offender for a word, and that lay 
a snare xqv him that reprove ili in the gate. umA ihut tnrn a'side the 
iu5L^ fcr a tS^ino: of nonyht. 



356 



Friendship, 



Chap. XVI. 



Hos. iv. 4. Let no man strive nor reprove another, for thy people 
are as they that strive with the priest. 

Luke iii. 19. Herod being reproved by John for Pie rodias sake his 
brother Phillip's wife, and lor all the evil he had done, shut up John 
in prison. 

John iii. 20. Every one that doth evil hateth the light, neither cora- 
eth to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

LXL Gentleness. Gal. v. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness, 
kindness. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gen- 
tle, &€. 

Examples. Isa. xl. 11. Christ will gently lead those that are with 
young. 

2 Cor. X. 1. I beseech you by the gentleness of Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 7. We the apostles were gentle among you as a nurse. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord must be gentle. Tit. iii. 2. 

KINDNESS. 



LXn. To shew kindness commanded, Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly af- 
fectioned one to another. 

1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the ministers of God. 
Ver. 6, By pureness, by kindness, &c. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, tender hearted. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels 
of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, &c. 

2 Pet. i. 7. Add to godliness brotherly kindness. 

LXIII. To give comfort. Job xxix. 25. Job said, I sat as one that 
comforteth the mourners. 

Isa. xl. 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 

2 Cor. i. 4. God comforteth us, that we may be able to comfort 
them that are in trouble. 

ii. 7. Ye ought to forgive and comfort him (the offender,) lest per- 
haps such an one should be swallowed up of too much sorrow. 

1 Thess. iv. 18. Comfort one another. 

V. 1 1 . Comfort yourselves together. 

Vei'. 14. Comfort the feeble minded. 

Instances of comfort s/ieivn by Joseph, Gen. 1. 21. By Job's friends. 
Job ii. 11.— xlii. 11. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

LXIV. Friendshi/i and fai! J fulness therein. J()bxix.21. Have pity 
upon me, O ve mv fiiends, for the bund of God Jiatl) touched me. 
Ch. vi. 14. ' 

Prov. vi. 3. Make sure thy friend. 

xvii. 1 7. A friend loveth at all times, anrl a brother is born for ad- 
versity. 

xviii. 24. A man that halli (riends, miist shew bin-i.sclf friendly, 
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

XX. 6. Most men will pi'oclaini e\cvy oiie .his o.vn ;j;ooclne.ss ; but 
a faitiiful man wjio can iiiirl. 



Chap. XVI. Friendship. 357 

Prov. xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so doth 
the sweetness of a man's friend, by hearty counsel. 

\''er. 10. Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not, nei- 
ther f^o into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity, for bet- 
ter is a neighbour that is near, than a brother far oft". 

Ver. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the counte- 
nance of his friend. 

John XV. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay 
down his life for his friends. 1 John iii 16. Acts xv. 26. 

LXV. Unfaitlifulness in friendHhifi . Job vi. 14. To him that is af- 
flicted, pity should be shewed from his friend ; but he forsaketh the 
fear of the Almighty. 

Ver. 27. Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for 
your friend. Ch. xvi. 2. — xxi 34. 

xvi. 20. My friends scorn me, but mine eye poureth out tears un- 
to God. 

xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his friends even the eyes of 
his children shall fail. 

xix. 14. IVIy kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have 
forgotten me. 

Ver. 19. All my friends abhorred me, and they whom I loved are 
turned against me. 

Ps. xxxviii. 1 1 . My lovers and my friends stands aloof from my 
sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off". 

xli. 2. Mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which d^d eat 
of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 

Iv. 12. If it was an enemy that reproached me, then I could have 
borne it. 

Ver. 13. But it was thou, O man, mine equal, my guide, and mine 
acquaintance. 

Ver. 1 4. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house 
of God in company. 

Ps. Ixix 20. I looked for comforters, but I found none. 

Ixxxviii. 18. I,over and friend thou hast put far from me. 

Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but 
the lich hath many friends. 

xix. 4. Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is separated 
from his neio^bboar. \'er. 6, 7. 

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an angry man. 

xxv. 19. CoiifideiKe in an unfaithful man in time of trouble, is 
like a broken tooth und a foot out of joint. 

xxvii. 14. He that blesscth his friend with a loud voice rising ear- 
ly in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to hirn. 

Lam. i. 2. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. 

Mic. vii. 5. Trust ye not ia a friend, put ye not coniklence in a 
guide. 

Zech. xiii. 6. I was v/ounded in the house of my friend. 

Of bearing nvith one another\s weaknesses or differences in 7natfers of 
religion, Rom. xiv. 1. Him that is v/eak in the faith receive you, but 
not to doubtful disputations. 

xv. 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirraities of 
the weak, and not to please ourselves. 



358 



Forbearance, 



Chap. XVI. 



1 Cor. xiii. 7. Charily beareth all things, endureth all things. 

Gal. vi. 1. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which 
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness, consi- 
dering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

Ver. 2. Bear ye one anothers burdens, and so fulfil the law of 
Christ. 

FORBEARANCE. 

L.XVI. Forbearance. Forbearing to judge one another on account of 
diff'erences. Isa. Ixv. 2. A rebellious people which walketh in a way 
not good, after their own thoughts- 

Ver. 5 Which say, stand by thyself, come not near to me for I 
am holier than thou : these are a smoke in my no-e. 

Isa. hi. 5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word, 
your brethren that hated you, that cast you out, for my name's sake, 
said, let the Lord be glorified ; but he shall appccd- to your joy, and 
they shall be ashamed. Compare Matt, i 11. Luke vi. 22, 23. 

Matt. vii. 1. Judge not and ye shall not be judged. Luke vi. ol. 

Ver. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and 
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

Ver. 3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye. 

Ver. 4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the 
mote out of thine eye, and behold, a beam is in thine own eye ? 

Ver. 5. Thou hypociite, first cast out the beam out of thine own 
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy 
brother's eye. 

John viii. 7. Jesus said, he that is without sin among you, let 
him first cast a stone. 

Rom. ii 1. Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that 
judgest, for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself, 
for thou that judgest dost the same things. 

Ver. 2. We are su.re that the judgment of God is according to 
truth, against them that commit such things. 

Rom. ii. 3. Thliikest thou, O man, which judgest them which do 
such things, and dost the same, that thou shalt esccipe the judgment 
of God? ' 

xiv. 2. One believeth that he may eat all things, another who is 
weak eateth herbs. 

Ver. 3. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not, and 
let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth. 

Ver. 4. Who art thou that judgest another raan's servant, to his 
own master he standeth or faileth ? 

% Ver. 5 . One m^n estecmeth one day above another, another esteem - 
eth every day alike, let every man be fully persuaded in his own niind. 

Ver. 10 Vv^hy dost thou judge thy brother ? or why d< st thou set 
at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment 
seat of Chiist. 

Ver. 12. Every one of us sludl give an account of himself to God. 

Ver. 13. Let us not therefore judi.e one another anv n;ore. Gai. 
vi. 5. Every man ^hali bear his own burden. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. Ju-d;re nothine: before the time until the Lord come. 



Chap. XVI. Ingratitude. 359 

James iv. II. He that judgeth his brother iudgeth the law, but if 
thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law but a judge. 

Ver. 12. There is one law- -giver who is able to save and to destroy, 

who art thou that judgest another? See 1 Cor. v. 10, 13. Luke xvi. 15. 

See those that despised Christ. Ch. xviii. 11. Seethe proud Pharisee. 

GOOD EXAMPLE. 

LXVII. Setting good example. Matt. v. 16. Let your light so shine 
before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

Col. iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without. 1 Thess. 
iv. 12. Neh. v. 9. 

1 Tim. iv. 12 Be thou an example of believers. 

OF ENTICING OTHERS. 

LXVIIL Of enticing others^ and being enticed to sin, Jer. xx. 10. 
My familiars watched for my halting, saying, peradventure he will 
be enticed, and we will prevail against him, and we v/iil take our re- 
venge on him. 

Ver. 1 1. But the Lord is with me, therefore they shall not prevail. 

Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Ver. 1 1 to 14. 

Ver. 15. Walk not thou in the way with them, refrain thy foot 
from their path. 

xxviii. 10. V/hoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil 
way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe to him that giveth his neighbour drink, and ma- 
keth him drunken, kc. 

Rom. xiv- 13. Let no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion 
to fall in his brother's way. Ver. 21. 1 Cor. viii. 9, 12, 13. 2 Cor. 
xi. 29. 

1 Tim. V. 22. Be not partaker of other men's sins,keep thyself pure. 
Rev. ii. 14. I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there 

them that hold the doctine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stum- 
bling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrinced unto 
idols, and to commit fornication. Numb. xxv. 1. See false teachers 
deceive the people. Commandment Fifth. Neh. vi. 13. Instance. 

OF GRATITUDE. 

LXIX. Of gratitude or returns of friendship. Instances thereof 
Exod. ii. 20. Reuel to Moses. 

\ Sam. XV. 6. Saul to the Kenites. 

2 Sam. X. 2. David to Hanun. 

ix. 17. David to Jonathan's family. 

xix. 32 to o'6. David to Barziilai. 1 Kings ii. 7. 

OF INGRATITUDE. 

LXX. Ingratitude. Instances. Gen. xl. 23. Yet did not the chief 
butler remember Joseph but forgat him. 

Judg. viii. 35. The children of Israel did not shew kindness to the 
house of Gideon according to all goodness which he had shewed 
unto Israel. 

Ps. XXXV. 12. They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of 
my soul. Ps. xxxviii. 20.— cii. 5. 

Ver. 13. But as for nic, u^hen thev vrere sick, mv clotbirri' was 
sackcloth. 



360 Temperance. Chap. XVII. 

Ps. XXXV. 14. 1 humbled iny soul with fastins^, I behaved myself 
as though he had been my friend or brother, I bowed down heavily 
as one that mourneth for his mother. 

Ver. 15. But in my adversity they rejoiced. Ps. cix. 4, 5. 

Prov. xvii. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil fo" g;ood, evil shall not de- 
part from his house. See 1 Sam. xxiii. 5, 12. — xxv. 21. Jer. xviii. 
20, 21. Eccl. ix. 14, 15.- 



C H A P. XVII, 
DUTIES TOWARD OURSELVES. 

TEMPERANCE. 

I. THJi (cmficratp use of meat and drink alloiued. Eccl. ii. 24. There 
IS no'hing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and 
that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. Ch. iii. 1.3. 
— v. 18, 19, 20. 

1 Tim. iv. 3, Meats God hath created to be received with thanks- 
giving, of them which believe and know the truth. 

Ver. 4. p"or every creature of God is good, and nothing to be re- 
fused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 

Ver. 5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 

V. 23. Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often in- 
firmities. 

II. Intemfierance inmeat and drink forbidden. Deut. xxi. 20. If the 
parents shall say to the elders of the city, this our son is stubborn 
and rebellious, he is a glutton and a drunkard ; 

Ver. 21. All the men of the city shall stone him with stones that 
he die. 

Prov. xxi. 17. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man, he 
that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 

iTxiii 1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently 
whai is before thee ; 

\'er. 2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to 
f.ppetitc. 

N ei-. o, lie not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meats. 

Prov. xxiii. 20. lie not amongst wine-bibbers, amongst riotous 
caters oi' fiesh. 

\fz\\ 2 1. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. 

xxviii, 7. He tliat is a companion of riotous men shamcth his father. 

XXX. 22. The earth cannot bear a fool when he is full of meat. 

]VlLtt. xxiv. 4 8. if the evil servant shall say in his heart, my L.oid 
€lelayeth iiis corning ; 

Ver. 49. And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat 
and drink with the drunken, 

Ver. 50. 'i'he Loi'd of that servant, shall come in a day when he 
looketh not lor him, and in an hour when he is not aware of. 

\^er. 5 1. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion 
with iiypccriles, there shall be weep.ing and gnashing of teeth. 



Chap. XVII. Intemperance, 361 

Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hung-er. 

xxi. 34. Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be 
overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this 
life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day, not in rioting 
and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness. 

Ver. 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not pro- 
vision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

1 Cor. vii. 31. Use this world as not abusing it. 

ix. 25. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all 
things. 

Ver. 27. I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest 
that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should 
be a cast away. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose end is destruction, whose god is their bellv, 
whose glory Is their shame, who mind earthly things. 

1 Thess. V. 7. They that sleep, sleep in the night, and they that 
be drunken, are drunken in the night. 

Ver. 8. But let us who are of the day be sober. Tit. ii. 12. Live 
soberly, See. 

1 Pet. iv. 5. The wicked think it strange that ye run not to the 
same excess of riot. 

2 Pet. i. 6. Add to knowledge, temperance. 

ii. 13. They shall receive the reward of uniighteousness that count 
it pleasure to riot in the day time : spots they are, and blemishes, 
sporting themselves with their own deceivings. 

Jude ver. 12. Feeding themselves without fear. See Amos vi. 6. 

in. Drunkenness^ the evils thereof. Prov. xx. 1. Wine is a mocker, 
strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

Prov. xxiii. 29. Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath con- 
tentions ? who hath babblings ? who hath \vounds without cause ? who 
hath redness of eyes ? 

Ver. 30. They that tarry long at the wine, they that go to seek 
mixt wine. 

Ver. 31. Look not on the wine when it is red, when it givcth h's 
colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 

V^er. 32. At the last it bitteh like a serpent, and stingeth like an 
adder. 

^'er. 33. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart 
shall utter perverse things. Yqy. 34, 35. 

Isa. V. 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that 
they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, till wine in- 
flame them. 

Ver. 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men 
of strength to mingle strong drink. 

Ivi. 12. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill our- 
selves wi^h strong drink, and to-morrow^ slrill be as this day and much 
moi'e abundant. 

1 Cor. V. 1 1. I have written to you, if any one that is called a bro- 
ther be a drunkard, with such an one not to keep company, nor to eat 



o62 Labour vominanded. Chap. XVII. 

1 Cor. vi. 10. Drvinkards shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Gal. V. 19. 'llie works of the flesh are these, adultery, Sec. 

Ver. 21. Drunkenness, revellings, and such like, they that do such 
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Ver. 23. 

Eph. V. 18. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be 
filled v/ith the Spirit. 

iV. Of making oihers drunk. Esther i. 3, King Ahasuerus made 
a feast unto the nobles and princes, 

Ver. 5. And to all the people that were present. Ver. 7. And 
gave them drink, &c. 

\'er. 8. The drinking was according to law, none did compel, for 
so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they 
should do according to every man's pleasure. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that 
putteth thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou 
mayst looiv on their nakedness. 

Ver. 16. Thou art filled w4th shame for glory ; drink thou also, 
and let thy foreskin be uncovered, the cup of the Lord's right hand 
shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glo- 
ry. See 2 Sam. xi. 13. Isa. hi. 12. 

Unhappy instances of drunkenness in Noah. Gen. ix. 21. In Lot, 
Gen. xix. 32. Nabal. 1 Sam. xxv. 36. Elah. 1 Kings xvi. 9, 10. Ben- 
hadad. 1 Kings xx. 16 to 22. See wicked clergymen, their drunken- 
ness. Also magistrates perverting judgment through drunkenness. 

SLEEP. 

V. Sleefi. Prov. vi. 9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard, when 
wilt thou awake out of sleep ? 

Ver. 10. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the 
hands to sleep. 

Ver. 11. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and 
thy want as an armed man. 

XX. 13. Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes 
and thou shalt be satisfied v/ith bread. 

xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 

xxvi. 14. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the sloth- 
ful upon his bed. 

LABOUR COMMANDED. 

VL Labour connriandtd^ and firomises to the laborious^ the diligent 
and industrious. Gen. iii. 19. In the svreat of thy face, shalt thou eat 
bread, till thou return unto the ground. 

Exod. XX. 19. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work. 

Prov. X. 4. He becoraeth poor that dealeth with a slack hand, but 
the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 

xii. 1 1. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread, but he 
that follov/eth vain persons is void of understmdini;-. Ch. xxviii. 29. 

Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shaH bear r.^lo^i but the slothful 
shall be under tiibutc. 

Ver. 27. The slot^'iii roaateth not that v/hlch he took in hunting, 
but the substance of the diii^ent man is precious. 

xiii. 4. The soul of the suiggard deoireth nn^i hath nolhincy, bn; 
the HOuJ of the dtlh'cnt s;u It be made f-u. 



Chap. XVII. The Sluggard. 363 

Prov. xiii. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be dimmished ; but 
he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 

xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit, but the labour of the lips tend= 
eth only to penury. 

Prov. xxi. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteous- 
ness, but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 

xxii. 21. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand 
before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. 

xxxi. 27. A good wife eateth not the bread of idleness. 

Eccl. V. 12. The sleep of a labouring man is sweet. 

xi. 6. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening with-hold 
not thy hand. 

Rom. xii. 1 1. Be not slothful in business. 

Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no more, birt rather let him 
labour, v/orking with his hands the thing which is good, that he may 
have to give to him that needeth. 

1 Thess. iv. 1 1. We beseech you, that ye study to be quiet, and 
to do your own business, and to work with your own hands. 

Ver. 12. That ye may walk honestly towards them that are with- 
out, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 

2 Thess. iii. 10. We command you, that if any would not work, 
neither should he eat. 

Ver. 11. For we hear that there are some which walk among you 
disorderly working not at all, but are busy bodies. 

Ver. 12. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their 
own bread. 

Ver. 14. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note 
that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed- 
1 Tim. V. 13. 

OF THE SLUGGARD. 

VII. Of the duggard^ the slothful and idle. See several of the forego- 
ir}g texts, nvhere these fier sens are compared with the diligent, l^c. Prov, 
vi 6 Go to the ant,, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise. 

Ver 7. Vv^hich having no guide, overseer or ruler, 

Ver. 8. Provideth her meat in the sum.mer, and gati)creth her food 
in the harvest. 

x. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the 
sluggard to them that send him. 

XV. 19. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns, but 
the way of the righteous is made plain. 

xviii. 9. He that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is 
a great waster. 

xix. 15. Slothfulness casletli into a deep sleep, and an idle soul 
shall suffer hunger. 

\ er. 24, A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will 
iiOt so much as bring it to his mouth. Ch. xxvi. 15. 

XX. 4. The sluggard will not ploup,"h by reason of the cold, there- 
fore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing. 

xxl. 25. The desire of the slothful kiileth him, for IiIs hands re- 
fuse to labour. Ch. xiii. 4. 

xm;!. 13, The slotnfui Ji-an sakh, there is a lion without, I shall 



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364 Wisdom. Chap. XVII. 

be slain in the streets. Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the way, a 
lion is in the streets. 

Prov. xxiv. 30. 1 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vine- 
yard of the man void of understanding ; 

Ver. 3 1 . And lo I it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had 
covered the face thereof, and the stone-wall thereof was broken down. 

Ver. 32. Then I saw and considered it well, and looked upon it 
and received instruction. 

Eccl. X. 18. By much slothfulness, the building decayeth, and 
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 

Ezek. xvi. 49. This was the iniquity of Sodom, pride, fulness of 
bread, and abundance of idleness. 

WISDOM. 

VIII. The study and fiur suit of wisdom recommended. Job xxxii. 7. 
Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 

Prov. i. 2. Know wisdom and instruction, and perceive the words 
of understanding. 

Ver. 20. Wisdom crieth without in the chief places of concourse, 
Ver. 21, 23. Ch. viii. 1 to 12, 14, 33. 

ii. 2. Incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart to under- 
standing. Ver. 3, 4, 5. 

iii. 21. Keep sound wisdom and instruction. Ver. 22. 

iv. 5. Get wisdom, get understanding. 

V. I. My son, attend to my wisdom. Ver. 7. 

vii. 4. Say unto wisdom thou art my father, and call understand- 
ing thy kinswoman. Ver. 5. 

xviii. 1. Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh 
and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Ecci. i. 13, 16, 17. — ii. 3, 9, 12. 
— -vii. 23, 25. — -viii. 16. — ix. 13. 

xxii. 7. Bow down thine ear to the words of the wise, and apply 
thine heart to my knowledge. 

xxiii. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruct 
tion, and understanding. 

xxvii. 11, My son, be wise and make my heart glad. Ch. xxix. 3. 

Matt. X. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

James iii. 13. Who is a wise man among you, let him shew out 
of a good conversation his works with the meekness of wisdom. 

IX. The excellency ofxvisdojn above all other endoivments. Job xxviii. 
13. Man kroweth nor the price of wisdom. 

Ver. 15. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weigh- 
ed for the price thereof. See ver. 16 to 20. 

Prov. iii. 14. The merchandise of wisdom is better than the mer- 
chandise 'jf silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. Ch. xvi. 16. 

Ver. 15. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou 
canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 

IV. 7. Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get v/isdom, and 
with all thy getting get understandiag. 

Eccl.ii. 13. Wisdom exccheih folly, as fur as light excelleth dark- 
ness. 

iv. 13, BeUcr is a poor and wise cbild, than an old and foolisli king. 

IX- 16. \\'isdo!i !.•> bcuer tJian ir.lreit,;:tb, Prfjv. iii. 2ij 22, 23, 



€uAP. XVII. Wisdom. 365 

Eccl. ix. 18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war. ^ 
X. Wisdom IS profitable^ pleasant and honourable^ Job xxii. 2. He 
that is wise may be profitable unto himself. 

Prov. ii. 10. \Vhen wisdom entereth into thine heart, and know- 
ledge is pleasant unto thy soul ; . -. m 

Ver. 11. Discretion shall preserve thee, understandmg shall keep 
thee, to deliver thee from the away of the evil man. 

iii. 13. Happy is the man that iindeth wisdom, and the man that 
getteth understanding. 

Ver. 16. Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand 
riches and honour. 

Ver. 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are 
peace. Ch. xxiv. 13, 14. 

iii. 18. Wisdom is a tree of life, to every one that finde-th her, and 
happy is every one that retaineth her. 
Ver. 35. The wise shall inherit glory. 

iv. 8. Exalt wisdom and she shall promote thee, she shall bring 
thee to honour v/hen thou dost embrace her. 

Ver. 9. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace, a crown 
of glory shall she deliver unto thee. 

ix. 1. Wisdom hath builded her house. Ch. xxiv. 3, 4. — xiv. 1. 
Ver. 12. If thou be wise thou shalt be wise for thyself, 
xi. 29. The fool shall be servant to the wise in heart, 
xii. 18. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom. 
XV i. 20. He that handleth a matter wisely, shall find good. 
Ver. 21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent. 
Prov. xviii. 4. The well-spring of wisdom is a flowing brook. 
Eccl. vii. 1 1 . Wisdom is good with an inheritance : and by it there 
is profit to them that see the sun. 

Ver. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence, but the 
excellency of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life. 

Ver. 19. W^isdom strengtheneth a wise man, more than ten mighty 
men that are in the city. Ch. ix. 15^ 16, 18 Prov. iii. 21. 
viii. 1. A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine. 
Ver. 5. A wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 

X. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct. 

xii. 1 1. The words of the wise are as goads and nails. 

XI. Wisdom is the gift of God. Exod. xxxi- 6. In the heart of all 
that are wir^e hearted, I have put wisdom, saith the Lord. Ver. 3. 

Job xxviii. 12. Vv'here shall wisdom be found ? And where is the 
p^ace thereof? 

Ver. 23. The Lord knoweth the place thereof, and the way tbere^ 
of. Ver. 20. 

Ps. li. 6. In the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom- 
Ps. cxix. 98, 99, 100. 

Prov. ii. 6. The Lord giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometli 
knowledge and understanding. 

Ver. 7. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, knov/- 
ledge, and wisdom, and joy. 

ix. 1. The righteous, and the wise, and their works are in tui5 
hand of God. 



366 IVisdovu Chap. XVIL 

Dan. ii. 21. God giveth wisdom unlo the wise, and knowledge to 
them that know understanding. Ver. 23. See Acts vii. 10. 

Luke xxi. 15. 1 will give you a mouth and wisdom. 2 Pet. iii. 15. 
James iii 17. The wisdom iVom above is pure, &cc. Ver. 17. 

XII. Wisdom prayed for by those who believed it to be the i^ift of 
God. 1 Kings xxii. 12. For Solomon David prayed thus, the Lord 
give thee wisdom, that thou may est keep the law of the Lord. Ps. 
Ixxii. 1. 

1 Kings iii. 8. Solomon prayed thus. Lord give thy servant an un- 
derstanding heart, that he may judge thy people, and that he may 
discern between good and bad. 

1 Kings iii. 1 1. And God said, because, thou hast asked this thing, 
and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for 
diyself, nor the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself, un- 
derstanding to discern judgement ; 

Verp 12. Behoid I have done according to thy words, I have given 
thee a wise and an understanding heart. 

Ver. 13. 1 have also given thee, that which thou hast not asked, 
both riches and honour. V^er. 28. Ch. iv. 9. — v. 12. 2 Chron. i. 10. 

Ps. xc. 12. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our 
hearts to wisdom. 

Col. i 9. I pray that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his 
will in all wisdom. 

James viii. 5. If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that 
giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given 
him. Ver. 17. ' 

XIII. Wisdom and religion the same. Deut. iv. 5. I have taught you 
statutes and judgments. 

Ver. 6. Keep and do them, for this is your wisdom, and under* 
standing. 

xxxii 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that 
4.hey would consider their latter end. 

Job xxviii. 28. Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom, and 
to depart from evil is understanding. Ps. cxi. 10. Prov. i. 7. 

Ps. ii. 10. Be wise, O ye kings, be instructed, O ye judges of the 
earth. 

Ver. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 

^xvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his 
Ipngue talketh of judgment. Prov. viii. 8. 

lixiv. 10. They shall wisely consider the Lord's doings. 

ci. 2. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. 

cvii. 43. Whoso is wise and will obsesve these things even they 
dhall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. Hos. xiv. 9. 

Prov. X. 8. The wise in heart will receive the comm^mdments. 

XV. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart 
from hell beneath. Ch. xiii. 14. 

xix. 8. Fie that getteth vvisdom loveth his own soul, and he that 
hath understanding shall find good. Ch. viii. 36. He that sinneth 
against me (wisdom) wrongeth his ov/n soul ; all that hate me love 
death. 

Prov. xxi. 12. The righteous wisely considcreth the house of the 
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Chap. XVIL Follij. 367 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the 
firmament. 

Ver. 10. The wise shall understand. 

Mic. vi. 9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of 
wisdom shall see thy name. 

Matt. vii. 24. He that heareth Christ*s sayings and doeth them, 
shall be likened unto a wise man. See the parable of the ten virgins. 
Mutt. XXV. 1 to 13. 

Horn. xvi. 19. i would have you wise unto that which is goocl, and 
simple concerning evil. 

Eph. V. li. Walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise. 

Ver. 16. Redeeming the time because the days are evil. 

Col. iii. 16. Let the word of God dwell in you richly in all wis- 
dom. 

iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redee:aing 
the time. 

2 Tim, ii. 15. The holy scriptures are able to make thee wise to 
salvation. See Prov. xxviii. 26. Luke xii. 4 2. 



XIV. AfooVs vain pretences to wisdom^ he is wise in his own conceit. 
Job xi. 12. Vain man would be wise. 

xii. 2. Ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 

XV. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 
xxiii. 4. Cease from thine own wisdom. 

xxxii. 9. Great men are not always wise, ueither do the aged un- 
derstand judgment. 

Prov. iii. 7, Be not wise in thine own eyes. 

xii. 15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. 

xiv- 2. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the 
end thereof are the ways of death. 

xxvi. 12. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more 
hope of a fool than of him. 

Ver. 16. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven 
men that can render a reason. 

xxxviii. 1 1. The rich man is wise in his own conceit. 

Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

Isa. V. 21. Woe to them are wise in their own eyes, and prudent 
in their own sight. 

Jer. viii. 8. How do ye say we are wise, and the law of the Lord 
is with us ? 

Rom. i. 22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools : 

Ver. 23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an 
image. 

xi. 25. I would not have you ignorant, &:c. lest ye be wise in your 
own conceit. 

xii. 16. Be not wise in your own conceit. See Isa. x. 12, 13. — xix, 
11. 1 Cor. iii. 18. 2 Cor. x. 12. Col. ii. 23. 

XV. A fool receiveth not instruction. Prov. i. 7. Fools dest)ise wis- 
dom and instruction. Ch. v. 12, 13. 

xvii. 16. He hath no heart to get wisdom, Ch. i. 7, 22, 



JGS Folly. Chap. XVIL 

Prov. xviii. 2. He hath no delight in understanding. Ch. xxiv. 7. 

Xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into a wise man, than an hundred 
stripes into a fool. 

xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortcr, yet will 
not his foolishness depart from him. 

X. 21. Fools die for want of wisdom. 

XVI. He discovcreth hi<i folly. Prov. xiii. 16. A fool layeth open 
his folly. 

xxvii 11. As a do^ returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to 
his folly. 

Eccl. X. 2. A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's 
heart at his left hand. 

Ver. 5. Vv'hen a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, 
and he sayeth to every one, that he is a fool. 

XVII. To^ivard his parentfi. Prov. x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad 
father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Ch. xv. 20. 
He despiseth his mother. 

XV. 5. A fool despiseth his father*s instructions. 

xvii. 2 1. He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow, and the fa- 
ther of a fool hath no joy. 

Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to 
her that bare him. 

xix. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father. See disobedi- 
ent and undutiful children, Commandment Fifth. 

XV HI. Mischievous^ Prov. x. 23. It is a sport to a fool to do mis- 
chief. 

xiii. 19. It is an abomination to fools to depart from mischief. 

xvii. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than 
a fool in his folly. 

XIX. Wrathful. Job v. 2. Vv'rath killeth the foolish man- 
Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently known. 

xiv. 16. A fool rageth and is confident. 

xxvii. 3. A fool's wrath is heavier than both the sand and a stone. 
xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he 
r32,-e or laugh, there is no rest. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. See anger, wraths 

XX. Contentions Prov. xviii. 2. A foors lips enter into contentiop. 

XX. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every 
fool will be meddling. See contention, strife. 

XXI. ///* vjords. Prov. xv. 2. The mouth of fools poureth out 
foolishness. Ver. 28. 

xviii. 14. The mouth of fools feedcth on foolishness. 

Ver. 7. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are tht 
snare of his soul. Ch. x. 14. — xii. 13. — xiii. 3. 

xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind. 

Eccl. V. 3. A fool's voice is known by the multitude of words, 

X. 12. The lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 

Ver. 13. The beginning of his words is foolishness, and the end 
of his talk is mischievous madness. 

Ver. 14. A fool is full of words. See talkativeness, rashness. See 
Prov. xvii. 7, — xxvi. 7. 



Chap. XVII. Folly, 369 

XXII. His pleasures. Prov. xv. 2 I . Folly is joy to him that is des- 
titute of wisdom, &c. 

xvii. 24. His eyes are in the ends of the earth. 

XXX. 22. The earth is disquieted, and cannot bear a fool when he 
IS filled whith meat. 

Eccl. vi. 7. His laughter is like the crackling of thorns under a 
pot. 

vii. 4. His heart is in the house of mirth. 

XXIII. Treatment for fools. Prov. xiv. 7. Go from the presence of 
a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 

xxiii. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the 
'.visdom of thy words. Matt. vii. 6. Cast not your pearl before swine. 

xxxvi. 1. Honour is not seemly for a fool. 

Ver. 3. A rod for the fool's back. Ch. x. 13. — xix. 29 — xxix. 15, 

Vcr. 4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, kst thou be also 
like unto him. 

Ver. 5. Lest he be wise in his own conceit. See Eccl. x. 5, 6, 7. 

XXIV. Folhj and loickedness the same. Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus 
requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise. 

Job V. 3. I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I curs- 
ed his habitation. Ps. Ixviii. 3, 9, 11, 17, 18. 

Ps. ". . 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight, thou hatest all 
the workers of iniquity. 

xiv- 1. The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. Ch. liii« \. 

xj:> vi. 5. The wicked hath left oft" to be wise and to do good. 

xxxviii. 5. My wounds stink and are corrupt because gf my fool* 
ishness. 

Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not 
hid from thee. 

Ixxiv. 18. O Lord, the foclisn people have blasphemed thv name, 
Ver. 22. 

Ixxv- 4. I said unto the fools, deal not foolishly, and to the wicked, 
lift not up the horn. 

Ixxxv. 8, The Lord will s]>eak peace to his people, and to hi& 
saints, but let them not return again to folly. 

xciv. 7. They commit wickedness, and say, the Lord shall not set. 
a ither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

Ver. 8. Understand, ye brutish among the people, and, ye fools* 
when will ye be \»ase ? 

Ver. 9. He that planted the ear shall he not hear ? he that fbrmetii 
the eye shall he not see I 

Ver. 10. He that chasteneth the heathen shall he not correct? he 
ihat teacheth man knowledge shall he not know ? Ps. xcv. 2. 

cvii. ) 7. Fools because of their transgressioPx and because of ini- 
quities are aftlictcd. 

Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowletlge-, 
but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

Ver. 32. The prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

ix. 6. Forsake the foolish and li\'e, and go in tlie v;ay of under 
standing. 

\iv. 9. Fools make a meek at sin 



370 Patience, Chap. XVII. 

Prov. XV. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom, but 
a man of understanding- vvalketh uprightly, 

xix 13. The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart 
fretteth against the Lord. 

xxi. 30. There is no wisdom nor understanding, nor counsel against 
the Lord. 

xxiv. 9. The thought of foolishness is sin. 

xxvi. 10. The great God that formed all things rewardeth the fool 
and the transgressor. 

XXX. 2. I am more bruiish than any man, and have not the under- 
standing of a man. 

Ver. 3. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the 
holy. 

Eccl. V. 1. In the house of God, be more ready to hear than to 
offer the sacrifice of fools. 

Ver. 4. God hath no pleasure in fools. 

vii. 5. I applied mine heart to know the wickedness of folly. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish, they hzive not known mc, they 
are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Ch. v. 
4,21 X. 8. 

viii. 9. They have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wis- 
dom is in them ? Ch. xxiii. 13. 

Matt. vii. 26. He that doth not Christ's sayings, is like unto a 
foolish man. 

XXV. 3. See the parable of the foolish virgins. 

Luke xii. 20. God said, thou fool, this night shall thy soul be re- 
quired of thee. 

Ver. 21. So is every one that layeth up treasure for himself and 
is not rich toward God. See Numb. >.ii. 11. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. 2 Sam. 
xxiv. 10. Matt, xxiii. 17, 19. Mark vii. 22. Luke xi. 40. — xxiv. 25. 
Rom. i. 21. Gal. iii. 1, 3. 1 Pet. ii. 15. 

PATIENCE. 

XXV. Patience toivard God, Ps. xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord and 
Vvait patiently for him, fret not thyself because of him who prospereth 
in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he heard me. 

Luke viii. 15. 1 he seed sown on the good ground, are they which 
in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and 
bring forth fruit with patience. 

xxi. 19. In your patience possess your soul. 

Rom. ii. 6. To them who by patient continuing in well-doing, seek 
for glory, honour and immortality, God will give eternal life. Ver. 7. 

V. 3. We glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh 
patience. 

Ver. 4. And patience experience ; and experience hope. Ch. 
xii. 12. 

viii. 25. If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience 
T/ait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing in- 
stant in prayer. 



Chap. XVII. JPatience. 371 

Rom. XV. 4. Whatsoever things were v^ritten aforetime were writ- 
ten for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the 
scriptures might have hope. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of 
Christ in much patience, In afflictions, in distresses, in necessities. 

xii. 12. The signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all 
patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. 

Col. i. II. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious 
power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks, remembering your work of 
faith and labour of love, and p'atience of hope in our Lord Jesm 
Christ, in the sight of God our Father. 

2 Thess. i. 4. We glory in you for your patience and faith in ail 
your persecutions and tribulations. 

iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into 
the patient wailing for Christ. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, who through faith and pa» 
tience inherit the promises. 

Ver. 15. Abraham, after he had patiently endured, obtained the 
promise. 

X. 36. Ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will 
of God ye might receive the promise. 

xii. 1 . Let us run with patience the race set before us, &c. 

James i. 3. The trying of your faith worketh patience. 

Ver. 4. Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be entire, 
•\Tanting nothing. 

V. 7. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord. The husbandman 
hath long patience. 

Ver. 8. Be ye also patient, stablish yourselves, for the coming of 
the Lord draweth nigh. 

Ver. 10. Take the prophets v/ho have spoken in the name of the 
Lord for an example of suffering affliction with patience. 

Ver. IL Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the 
end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it pa- 
tiently, this is acceptable with God. 

Rev. i. 9. I John am your brother and companion in tribulation- 
and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 2, I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience. 

Ver. 3. And hast borne, and hast patience for my name's sake, and 
hast laboured and hast not fainted. 

Ver. 19. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith. 
and patience. 

iii. 10. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also v/iil 
keep thee from the hour of temptation. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the saints. 

xiv. 12. Here is the patience of the saints, here are they that keep 
the commandments of (iod, and the faith of Jesus. 

XXVl. Patience toward men. Eccl. vii. 8. The patient in spirit is 
better than the proud in spirit. 

1 Thess^ V. 14. Be patient toward all men. 

1 ^im,. iii. 3. A bishop must be blameless, patient- 

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372 Meekness, Chap. XVII. 

1 Tim. vi. 11 . O man of God, follow after righteousness, godli- 
ness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord must be gentle to all men, 
apt to teach, patient. 

iii. 10, 11. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, pur- 
pose, faith, lonff-sufiering, charity, patience, persecutions, aiilic- 
tions. 

Tit. i. 1,2. Speak thou the things that become sound doctrine, 
that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in the faith, in 
charity, in patience. 

2 Pet. i. 5. Add to your faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, 
patience, godliness, brotherly-kindness, and charity. 

CONTENTMENT. 

XXVII. Contentment. Luke iii. 14. John Baptist said to the sol- 
diers, be content with your wages. 

Phil. iv. 11. Paul said, I have learned in whatsoever state I am 
therewith to be content. 

1 Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 

Ver. 8. Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness, and 
be content v/ith such things as you have ; for he hath said, 1 will ne- 
ver leave thc^ nor sorsake thee. 

DISCONTENT, MURMURING. 

XXV in. Discontent^ Murmuring. Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a 
living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? 

1 Cor. X. 10. Neither murmur ye as some of the Jews murmured 
and were destroyed. See the murmurings of the Jews and their pu- 
nishments. Exod.xv. 24. For drink, xvi. 2 to 12. For bread. Numb, 
xiv. 2, 27, 29, 36. When they heard an evil report of the promised 
land. Ch. xvi. 11,41. Corah and his company about the priesthood. 

Phil. ii. 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputingS. 
Jude ver. 16. Murmurers, complainers, walking after their own 
lusts, 

GRUDGING. 

y^V^. Grudging, Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor hear 
any grudge against the children of thy people. 

2 Cor. ix. 7. Give to the poor not grudgingly. 

James v. 9. Grudge not one against another, lest ye be condemned- 
I Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 

MEEKNESS. 

XXX. The exerciae of meekness required. Gal. vi. 1. If a man be 
overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in 
the spirit of meekness. 

Eph. iv. L W alk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. 



Chap. XVII. HumlliUj. 373 

Eph. iv. 2, With all lowliness, and meekne ss, and long-suffering. 

I Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, 
patience, meekness. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

Tit. iii. 2. Shewing ail meekness to all men. 

James iii. 1:3. Who is a wise man and endowed with wisdom a- 
mongst yon, let him shew out of a good conversation his works, with 
meekness of wisdom. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that 
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and 
fear. 

XXXI. How firoduced* Gal. v. 23. The froit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, tem- 
perance. 

XXXII. Examfilea of meekness. Numb. xii. 3. Moses was very 
meek. 

Matt.xxi. 5. Behold thy King (Jesus) cometh unto thee, meek, and 
sitting upon an ass. Isa. Ixii. 11. Zech. ix. 9. 

2 Cor. X. 1. I beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of 
Christ, &c. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God) bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering. 

XXXIII. Promises to the meek. Ps. xxii. 26. The meek shall eat 
and shall be satisfied. 

XXV. 9. The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will 
he teach his way. 

xxxvii. 1 1 . The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight them- 
selves in abundance of peace. 

rlv. 4. In thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth, and 
meekness, and righteousness. 

Ixxvi. 9. God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. 

cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifieth up the meek, and casteth the wicked 
down to the ground. 

cxlix. 7. The Lord will beautify the meek with salvation. 

Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 
with equity, for the meek of the earth. 

xxix. 19. The meek shall increase tlieir joy in the Lord. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath appointed me to preach glad tidings to the 
meek. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord all ye meek of the earth, which have 
wrought his judgments, seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may 
be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. 

Matt. V. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 

1 Pet. iii: 4. The ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit is in the 
sight of God of great price. 

HUMILITY. 

XXXIV. Humility toward God. Deut. viii. 2. The Lord thy God 
led thee forty years in the wilderness to humble thee. 

V'er. 3. He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
the with manua. 



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Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee ? but to 
do lustly^andto love mercy, ctud to %v'alk humbly nith thy God. 

James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he 
shall exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6. 

XXXV. Humility tonvard men. Prov. vi. 3. Humble thyself, make 
sure thy friend. 

XXV. 6. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand 
not in the place of great men. 

V"er. 7. For better it is that it be said unto thee, come up hither, 
than that thou shouldst be put lower. Lukc xiv. 8, 10. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not. 

Matt. XX. 26. Whosoever shall be great among you, let him be 
your minister. 

Ver. 27. Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your 
servant. 

Ver. 28. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto».. 
but to minister. 

Rom. xii- 3. I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man 
that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought 
to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every 
man the measure of faith. 

Ver. 16. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low es- 
tate. 

Eph. V. 21. Submit yourselves one to another in the fear of God.. 

1 Pet. V. 5. All of you be subject one to another, and be ye cloth- 
ed with humility. 

Phil, ii 3. In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. 

XXX\'I. Promises to the humble. Job xxii. 29. God shall save the 
humble person. 

Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

x. 17. O Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble, thou 
wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. 

cxxxviii. 9. Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect to the 
lowly. 

Prov. XV. 33. Before honour is humility. Ch. xviii. 12. 

xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than 
to divide the spoil with the proud. 

xxii. 4. By humility and the tear of the Lord, are riches, and ho- 
nour, and life. 

xxix. 23. Honour snail uphold the humble person. 

Isa. Ivii 15, The Lord saith, I dwell with him that is of an hum- 
ble and contrite spirit. Ch. ixvi. 2. 

Matt. V. 3. Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the king- 
dom of heaven. 

xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the 
same shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

xxiii. 12. Whosoever humbieih himself shall be exalted. Luke 
xiv. 1 1, 

James iv. 6. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the hum- 
ble. Prov. iii. 34. 



Chap. XVII. Humility. a75 

XXXVII. To humbled sinners. Promises to them: Lev. xxvi. 41. If 
their uncircumcisecl hearts be humbled, and they accept of the pun- 
isiiment of their miquities, 

Ver. 42. Then will I remember my covenant. 2 Chron. vii. 3 4. • 

2 Kings xxii. 19. Josiah, because thine heart was tender and thou 
hast humbled thyself before the Lord, and hast rent thy cloaths and 
wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 20. Behold therefore I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and 
thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall 
not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. 

2 Chron. xxxii. 23. Hezekiah rendered not again according to the 
benefit done unto him, for his heart was lifted up, therefore there was 
wrath upon him. 

Ver. 26. Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, so 
the wrath of the Lord came not upon him. See Ahab. I Kings xxi. 
29. Rehoboam. 2 Chron. xii. 6, 7, 12. Manasseh. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 
12, 19. Nebuchadnezzar. Dan. iv. 30 to o7 . 

XXXV ilL Examples of humility . Jesus Christ. Matt. xi. 29. Jesus 
said, take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and low- 
ly in heart, and ye shall rind rest unto your souls. 

XX. 28. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

John xiii. 5. Jesus poured water into a bason, and began to wash 
the disciples feet. 

Ver. 12. After he had washed their feet, he said unto them, know- 
ye what 1 have done unto you ? 

Ver. 13. Ye call me master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am,. 

Ver. 14. If I then, your Lord and master, have washed your feet, 
ye also ought to wash one anothers feet. 

Ver. 15. i^'or I have given you an example, that ye should do as I 
have done to you. 

Phil. ii. 5. I^et this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 6. Who being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to 
be equal with Ciod. 

Ver. 7. Yet made himself of no reputation, and took ui>on him the 
form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. 

Ver. 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, 
&c. 

XXXIX. The elect. Col. iii. 12. Put on as the elect of God, holy 
and beloved bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-suttering, forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2. 

XL. Humbled saints. Their expressions. Gen. xviii..27. Abraham 
said, behold now 1 have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord who 
am but dust and ashes. 

xxxii. 9. Jacob said, O God, 

Ver. 10. 1 am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of- 
all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. 

xli. 16. Joseph said, it is not in me to give an answer, God shall 
give an answer of peace. Dan. ii. 30. 

Exod. iii. 1 1. Moses said unto God, who am I ? that I should go 
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out 
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1 Chronr xxlx. 14. David said, what am I, and what is my peo- 
ple, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? All 
things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. See 
2 Sam. vii. 19. Thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great 
while to come, Sec. 

Job vii. 17. Job said, what is man that thou shouldest magnify 
him, and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon hi in. 

viii. 9. We are but of yesterday and know nothing. Ch. iv. 19. 
Crushed before the moth. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile, 1 will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 

xlii. 5, 6. Mine eye seeth thee — wherefore 1 abhor myself, and 
repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. viii. 3. When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, 
t'he mioon and stars which thou hast made, I say, 

Ver. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son 
of man that thou visitest him ? 

XXV. 13. 1 humbled my soul with fasting. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give 
glory, for thy mercy and for thy truths sake. 

cxliv. 3. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, 
or the Son of man that thou makest account of him ? 

Ver. 4. Man is like unto vanity. 

Matt. viii. 8. The centurion said to Jesus, I am not worthy that 
thou shouldst come under my roof. 

Luke V. 8. Siiiion Peter said to Jesus, depart from me, for I am 
a sinful man, O Lord. 

xviii. 13. The publican standing afar off, v/ould not so much as lift 
up his eyes unto heaven, but smote \;pon his breast, saying, God be 
merciful to me a sinner. 

Ver. 14. This man went down to his house justified rather than 
the other. 

Acts xiii. 12. The apostles said, why look ye upon us, as though 
by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk. 

Ver. 15. The name of Jesus, through faith in his name hath made 
<his man strong. 

XX. 18. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Ver. 19. 

Rom. vii. 18. I know that in me (that is in my flesh), dwelleth no 
good thing. 

1 Cor. XV. 9. I am less than the least of all the apostles, and am 
not worthy to be called an apostle. Eph. iii. 3. To me who am less 
than the least of all saints in this grace given. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any 
thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When 1 am weak, then am 1 strong. 

Gal. ii. 20. I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. 

Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I had already attained, either were al- 
ready perfect. 

Ver. 13. I count not myself to have apprehended. 

Ver. 14. I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high call- 
ing of God in Christ Jesus. 



Chap. XVII. Pride. ^77 

PRIDE. 

XLI. Pride against God. Exod. xviii. 11. The Lord ia greater 
than all gods, for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was 
ahove them. Compare Exod. ix. 17. 

Ps. X. 4. The wicked through the pride of his countenance will 
not seek after God, God is not in all his thoughts. See Jer. xliii. 2. 

Ixxiii. 6. The pride of the wicked compasseth them about as a 
chain. 

Ver. 9. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue 
walketh through the earth. 

Ver. 1 1. They say, how doth God know, and is there knowledge 
in the Most High ? 

Ver. 18. Thou castedst them down. 

cxix. 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, whicli do 
err from thy commandments. Isa. xiv. 4 to 24. See the pride and 
fall of Babylon. 

XLII. Pride against men. Ps. x. 2. The wicked in his pride doth 
persecute the poor. 

xvii. 10. With their mouth they speak proudly. 

Ver. 1 1. They have compassed us in our steps. 

Ixxxvi. 4. O God, the proud are risen against me. Ver. IT- 

cxix. 51. The proud have had me greatly in derision. 

Ver. 69. They forged a lie against me. Ver. 78, 122. 

Ver. 85. They have digged a pit for me. Ps. cxl. 5. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the contempt of the proud 

Prov. xxi. 24. He dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxviii. 25. The proud in heart stirreth up strife. Ch. xiii. 10. 

XLHI. Sfiiritual pride — they seem righteous. Deut. ix. 4. Speak 
not in thine heart, saying, for my righteousness the Lord brough* 
me in to possess this land. 

2 Kings X. 16. Come see my zeal for the Lord said Jehu. 

Isa. Ixv. 3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually. 

Ver. 5. Say, stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am ho- 
lier than thou, these are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth ^11 
the day. 

Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that they are righteous 
and despise others. 

Ver. 1 1. The Pharisee said, God, I thank thee that I am not as 
other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Pub- 
lican : 

Ver. 12.1 fast twice in the week, I pay tythes of all that I pos- 
sess, &c. 

Rom. X. 3. Being ignorant of God's righteousness, they go about 
to establish their own righteousness. 

I Cor. X. 12. They think they stand, but should take heed lest 
they fall. 

XLIV. They are firoud of their sufifiosed ^visdom and knowledge* 

Job xii. 2. No doubt ye are the people, and wisdom shall die. 
with you. 

XV- 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to thvself. 



378 Pride, Chap. XVII. 

Jer. viii. 8. How say ye we are wise, and the law of God is with 



us r 

1 Cor. iii. 18. They deceive themselves, they seem to be wise, 
iv. 6. They are puffed up. Ver. 8. They are full, they are rich, 

they reign as kings without instructors. 

viii. I. Their knowledge puffeth them up. 

Ver. 2. If they think they know any tiling, they know nothing, 
as they ought to know. 

2 Cor. X. 12. They commend themselves; but they, measuring 
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among them- 
selves, are not wise. 

Ver. 13. They boast themselves without their measure. 

1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. Proud knowing nothing, doting about questions, 
kc. 2 Tim. iii. 2. 

Rev. iii. 17. They know not that they are poor and miserable, and 
wretched, and blind and naked. See Corah and his company. Numb. 
xvi. 3. 

XLV. The firoud seek honour from men* Prov. xxv. 6, 7. They put 
hemselves in the place of great men. 

Matt.xxiii. 6. They chuse the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the 
chief seats in the synagogues. Luke xiv. 7. 

Ver. 7. They love to be called of men. Rabbi, Rabbi. 

John V. 44. They seek honour of men, and not tlie honour that 
cometh from God only. 

xii. 43. They love the praise of men more than the praise of God. 
See instances. Haman. Esther iii. 5. — v. 5, Sec. And Naaman the As- 
syrian. 2 Kings V. 11 to 15. 

XL VI. Threats and prayers againt the firoucL Sam. ii. 3. Talk no 
more so exceeding proudly, let not arrogancy come out of your mouth, 
for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

Job ix. 13. If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers 
I do stoop under him. 

xxvi. 12. By his understanding he smiteth through the proud. 

Ps. xii. 3. The Lord shall cut off the tongue that speaketh proud 
things. Ps. xxxi. 18. — xl. 4. — xvii. 13. 

xxxi. 23. The Lord plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 

xxxvi. 1 1. Let not the foot of pride come against me. 

iix. 12. Let them be taken in tlieir pride. 

xciv. 2. Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth, render a reward 
to the proud. Luke i. 5 1. 

cxxxviii. 6. The proud the Lord knoweth afar off. 

Prov. viii. 13. Wisdom suith, pride and arrogancy do I hate. Ch. 
vi. 16, 17. 

xvi. 5. Every one that is proud is an abomination to the Lord. 

Ver. 18. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit 
before a fall. Ch. xi. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame, 
but with the lowly is wisdom. 

xxi. 4. An high look, a proud heart, and rb.e ploughing of the wick- 
ed is sin. 

xxix. 23. A man's pride shall bring him low. 

Isa. ii. 1 L The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the 
haughliricss of men shall he bo'vved down. ;jnd the Lord alone shall 
be e'-alted in that dav. 



Chap. XVII. Haughty, 379 

Isa. ii. 12. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upgn every 
one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up, and 
he shall be brought low. Ch. v. 15, 16. — xxvi. 5. 

xiii. 1 1. I will cause the arrogancy of the pi'oud to cease, and will 
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 

xxiii. 9. The Lord hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, 

Isa. XXV. 11. He shall bring down their pride. 

xxviii. I. Woe to the crown of pride." 

Jer. xiii. 15. Hear ye and give ear, be not proud for the Lord hath 
spoken. 

Ver. 16. Give glory to the Lord your God before he cause dark- 
ness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains. Ver, 18. 

Dan. iv. 37. Those that walk in pride, he is able to abase. 

Zeph. ii. 10. This shall they have for their pride. 

Ver. 1 1. The Lord will be terrible unto them. 

Mark vii. 22. Out of the heart proceed pride, foolishness, and these 
defile the man. Ver. 23. 

Rom. i. 28. Ciod gave them over to a reprobate mind who did not 
like to re.tain God in their knovvledge. 

Ver. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness. 

Ver. 30. Proud, boasters, &:c. 

I John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the 
pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world* 

ARROOANCY. 

XLVII. ■Arrogancy, 1 Sam. ii. 3. Let not arrogaiicy come out of 
your mouth. 

Prov. viii. 13. Pride and arrogancy and the evil way do I hate, saith 
wisdom . 

Isa. xiii. 1 L I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, saith 
the Lord. 

LOFTINESS. 

XLVin. Loftiness. Ps. Ixxiii. 8. The wicked speak loftily. Prov. 
XXX. 13. 

Ver. 18. Thou castedst them down to destruction. 

cxxxi. 1. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty. 

HAUGHTY. 

XLIX. Haur^hty, 2 Sam. xxii. 23. Thine eye?, are upon the haugh- 
ty, that thou mayst bring them down. Ezek. xvi. 50. 

Prov. xviii. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty. 
Ch. xvi. 8. 

Isa. iii. 16. Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk 
with stretched forth necks, 

Ver. 17. The Lord will smite them with a scab, Sec. 

Isa. xiii. U.I v/iil lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 

Zeph. iii. 11. Thou shalt no more be. haughty. Mic. ii. 3. 

L. Exalting one self . Ps. Ixvi. 7. Let not the rebellious exalt them- 
selves. Ps. cxl. 8, 

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380 



Boasting. 



Chap. XVII. 



Prov. x\ii. 19. He that exalteth his gate seekcth destruction. 

Matt, xxiii. 12. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke 
xiv. 11. 

2 Thess. ii. 4. The man of sin and son of perdition, opposeth and 
exalteth himself above all that is called God or is worshipped. 

Ver. 8. Whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, 
and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. 

LI. Lifting up. 07ie^s self. Deut. viii. 11, 14. Beware thine heart be 
not lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God. Ver. 11, 12, 17. 

xvii. 18. The king shall M'rite him a copy of the law. 

Ver. 19. He shall read therein, that he way learn to fear the Lord 
his God, 

Deut. xvii. 20. That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren. 

2 Chron. xxvi. 16. When Uzziah was strong his heart was lifted 
up to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God. 
Ch. xxv. 19, 20. 

Ps. Ixxxiii. 2. They that hate thee have lifted up the head. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. A bishop must not be a novice, lest being lifted up 
with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. See Prov.xxx. 32. 

Ln. Magnifying one^s self Ps. xxxv. 26. Let them be clothed with 
(ihame that magnify themselves. Ps. xxxviii. 16. — Iv. 12. Lam.i. 9. 

LHL Glorying. Jer. xlix. 4. Wherefore gloriest thou, O back- 
sliding daughter, that trusted in her treasures ? 

Ver. 5. Behold 1 will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord of 
hosts, from all that are about thee. 

Prov. xxv. 27. For men to search their own glory, is not glory. 

1 Cor. i. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to 
confound the wise, and M^eak things to confound the mighty. 

Ver. 28. And base things and things that are despised, and things 
that are not, hath God chosen to bring to nought things that are. 

Ver. 29. That no flesh should glory in his presence. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in men. Ch. v. 2, 6. 

iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ, and what hast thou, that thou 
didst not receive, now if thou didst receive it, why didst thou glory 
as if thou hadst not received it ? 

2 Cor. V. 12. Some glory in appearance. 
xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh. 

xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but in mine hitirmities. 
Gal. V. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory. 
Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through strife and vain-glory, 
iii. 19. Some glory, whose glory is their shame. 
James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not against the truth. 
Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own 
mouth, a stranger and not thine own lips. Ch. xxv. 27. 2 Cor. xii. 5. 



Let not him that girdeth on his 



BOASTING. 

LTV. Bcasting. 2 Kings xx. I I 
armour boast himself as he that putteth it of!'. 

Ps. X. 3. The v/icked boasteth of his heai't's desire. James iii. 5. 
' xlix. 6. They boast themscivcs of the niiilLitiidc of their riches. 
Luke xii. 16 to -20. 



Chap. XVII. Of Marriage. 381 

Ps. lii. 1. They boast of mischief. Ps. xciv. 4. 
Prov. xxvii. i. Boast not thyself of to-morrow. James iv. 14, 15, 16. 
Rom. i. 30. The wicked are proud, boasters. Sec. 
iii. 27. Boasting (a-ainst God,) is excluded by the law of faith. 
Eph. .; 8, 9. Ye are saved through faith, not of works, lest any 
man should boast. 

SCORNING. 

LV. Scorning, Ps. i. I Blessed is he that sitteth not in the seat 
of the scornful. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the scorning of those that are at 
ease. 

Prov. i. 22. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity, and 
the scorners delight in their scornings, and fools hate knowledge ? 

iii. 34. The Lord scorneth the scorners, but he giveth grace to 
the lowly. 

ix. 7. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself a blot> 

Ver. 8. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee. 

Ver. 12, If thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 

xiii. I . A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

xiv. 6, A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it ndt. 

XV, 12. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him. 

xix. 25. Smite a scorner and the simple will beware. ^ 

Ver. 29. Judgments are prepared for scorners. 

xxi. 1 1. When the scorner is punished the simple is made wise. 

Ver. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that dealeth in 
pi'oud wrath. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner and contention shall go out, yea 
strife and reproach shall cease. 

xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination to men, 

xxix. 8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare. 

Isa. xxviii. 14. Hear the word of the Lord ye scornful men, that 
rule this people. Ver. 15, 16. 

Hos, vii. 5. The king stretched out his hand with scorners. 

LVI, Threats against kings and nations of the foregoing characters, 
of (vide ^ haughtiness^ life. 

Pharaoh. Exod. ix. 17- Ch. x, 1 1, 14, 27. Neh. ix. 10, 11. Ezek. 
xxix. 15. Isa. xix. 1 1. 

Assyria. 2 Kings xix. 22 to 36. Compare, Isa. xxxvli. 23.-^x. 5 
to 17.-^xiv. 4 to 24. Jcr. 1. 29, 31. Ezek. xxxi. 3 to 18, Dan.iv. 30, 
31, 32.— V. 20. Hub. ii. 4 to 12. Zech. x. 11. 

Israel. Neh. ix. 16, 17, 27, 29. Isa. ix. 8 to 10. Hos. v, 5, 13, 
■^vi. 7. 

Judah. Jer, xiii. 9 to 27, 

Tyre. Isa. xxiii. 8, 9. Ezek. xxviii. 2 to 18, Zech. ix, .3, 4, 

Moab. Isa, xvi. 6 to 16. Jer. xlviii. 26 to 42. Zeph. ii. 8 to 15, 

Ammon. Jer. xlix. 16. 

Edom. Ezek. xxxv. 13. Obad. Ver. 4, 12, 15. 

OF MARRIAGE. 

LVII, Of Marriage, Gen. i. 27. God created man, male ^nci fe*: 
male, Matt. xix. 45, 



382 Of Marriage, Chap. XVII. 

Gen. \u 18. The Lord said it is not ?>;ood that the man should be 
alone, 1 will create him an help-mate for him. 

Ver. 23. Adam said of the woman, this is bone of my bone, and 
flesh of my flesh. 

Ver. 24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and 
shall cleave mito his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 1 Cor. xi. 12. 

John ii. 1. There was a marri-.g;e in Cana of Galilee. 

Ver, 2. Jesus -"c^c called and his disciples t#the marriage. 

1 Cor. vii. 2. To avoid fonucution, let every rnan have his own 
wife, and every \Yoaiaa.#cr own husband. See ver. 9, 28, 36. 

ix. 5. Have we not power to lead about a wife as well as other 
apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas ? 

1 Tim. iv. 1. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith* 

Ver. 3. Forbidding- to marry. 

V. 14. I will therefore that the youn^^er women marry, bear chil- 
dren, &CC. 

Heb.xiii. 4. Marriar^-c is honourable in all, and the bed undeliled, 
but whoremons^ers, and adulterers God will judge. 

LVIII. Divorce was jiermitted by the law of Moses. Deut. xxiv. 
1 to 4. 

LIX. Divorce was disafijiroved. Mai. ii. 15. 

ijX. Divorce is exfiressly forbidden in the J^''ew Testament . ?vlatt. 
xlx. 4. Jesus said, he which made them at the beginning, made them 
male and fem^de ; 

Ver. 5. For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and 
cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. Gen. ii. 24. 1 Cor. 
vi. 16. Eph, V. 31. 

Ver. 6. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man 
put asunder. 

V^er. 8, Moses because of the hardne ;s of your hearts suffered you 
to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 

Ver 9. I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except 
it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery, 
and v/hoso marrieth her that is put awny doth commit adultery. Ch. 
V. 32. Whosoever bhall put away his wife saving for the cause of 
fornication causeth her to commit adultery. 

Rom. vji. 2, The woman \"hich hath an husband, is bound by the 
law to her husband so long as he liveth. 

Ver. 3. If while her husband liveth she be married to another 
man, she shall be called ar; nuhiress, bnt if her husband be dead 
she i^ no adulteress, tlioiu'h she be married to another man. 
! Cor. vii. 10. Ltjt not the wife depart from her husband, 

Ver. 1 1. Or if she depart let her remain unmarried, or let her be 
reconciled to her husband : And let not the husband put av/ay his 
-wif '. Ver. 34. 

LXf. Of marriage with unhelievers* 2 Cor. vi. J 4. Be ye not un- 
equally yoked together vv^ith unbelievers. 

Ver. 15^ For what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 
Ver. 17. Wherefore come out from among them and be ye sepa- 
rate, saith the Lord. 

LXIL The Jews were forbidden to make marriages with the heathen 
inhabitants of Canaan^ le-'^t they should be thereby enticed to idolatry. 



Chap. XVII. Of Marriage. 383 

Exod. xxxiv. 16. Take heed, lest thou take of their daughters unto 
thy sons, and their daughters niake thy sons go a whoring after their 
gods. 

DeUt. vii. 3. Thy daughter thou shalt not give unto nis son, nor 
his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 

Ver. 4. For they will turn away thy son from following me. Jos. 
xxiii. 12, }3. See instances of such unhappy marriages. Judg. iii. 5 
to 8. 1 Kings xi. I to 12. Ezra ix. 2, 12. 

Reformed. Neh. xiii. 23 to 27. This sin reformed. Ezra x. 2, 3, 11. 
LXIII. The embracing of Christianity did not dissolve marriage al- 
ready contracted with unbelievers. 1 Cor. vii. 12. If any brother hath 
a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let 
him not put her away. 

Ver. 13. The woman that hath an husband that believeth not, and 
if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not put him away. See 
concerning this matter, to ver. 17. 

LXIV. The husband his duties, Prov. v. 18. Rejoice with the wife 
of thy youth. Eccl. ix. 9, 

V^er. 19. Be thou ravished always with her love. Ch. xix. 14.— 
xviii. 22. 

I Cor. vii. 3. Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, 
likewise also the wife to the husband. 

Ver. 4. The wife hath not power over her own body, but the hus- 
band, likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, 
but the wife. 

Ver. 5. Defraud not one anotherw 

Eph. V. 23. The husband is the h6ad of the wife, even as Christ 
is the head of the church. 

Eph. v. 23. Husbands love your wives, even as Christ loved the 
church. 

Ver. 28. So ought men to love their wives, even as their own bo- 
dies. 

Ver. 33. Let every one of you love his wife, even as himself. 
Col. iii. 19. Husbands love your wives, and be not bitter against 
them. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Husbands dwell with your wives according to know- 
ledge, giving honour unto the wife as the weaker vessel, and being- 
heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hinder- 
ed. Ver. 9. 

LXV. The ivife^ her duties. Prov. xi. 16. A gracious woman rc^ 
taineth honour. 

xii. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that 
maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 

xiv. 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house, but the foolish 
plucketh it down with her hands. 

Ver. 14. A prudent wife is from the Lord. 

Prov. xxxi. 10. Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price 
is far above rubies. 

Ver. 1 1. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, 
Ver. 12. She will do liim good, and not evil all the days of her 
life. See to the end of this chap. 



384. Dutlca towards Children. Chap. XVIL 

1 Cor. vii 34, She that is married careth for the things of the 
world, how she may please her husbund. 

Eph. V. 22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, 
as unto tiie Lord. Col, iii. 18. 

V'er. 23. I'^or the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ 
is the h6ad of the church. 

Ver. 24. As the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be 
unto their own husbands in every iWm^. 

Ver. 33. Let the wife see that she reverence her husband. 

1 Tim. ii. 11. Let the woman learn in silence v/ith all subjection. 

Ver. 12. I sufler not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority 
over the man, but to be in silence, for Adam was first formed then 
Eve. Ver. 13. 

y. 14. I will that the younj^er women marry, bear children, 
guide the house, .^ive none occasion to the adversary to speak re- 
proachfully. 

Tit. ii. 4. That the aged women teach the young women to be 
sober, to love their husbands, to love their children. 

Ver. 5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient 
to their own husbands, that the vv'ord of God be not blasphemed. 

1 Pet. iii. I. Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. 
Ver. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord. 
Concerning wome7i\' afifiarel. See 1 Tim. ii. 9. 1 Pet. iii. 3, 4. 

DUTIES TOW.VRDS CHILDREN. 

LXVL To Jiroinde for their sufifiort* Gen. xxx. 30. Jacob said, 
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also ? 

Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his chiidrens 
children. 1 Chron. xxviii. 8. 

2 Cor. xii. 14. The parents ought to lay up for their children. 

1 Tim. V. 3. If a man provide not for his own, specially for those 
of his ov.n house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an in*" 
fidel. 

LXVn. To defend thnn. Neh. iv. 14. Fight for your sons and 
your daughters, vour wives and vour houses. See Exod. xxii. Numb. 
• i. 12. ' 

LX\"in* To pray for them. Lifitances. Gen. xvii. 18. Abraham 
prays fr^r Ishmael. Ver. 20. 

2 Sam. xii. 6. David for his child. Ver. 21. 
Job i. 5. Job foi* his sons. 

LXIX. Instruct them. (ien. xviii. 19. I know Abraham that he 
Avill command his children and his houshold after him- and they shall 
keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord 
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 

Exod. X. 2. Tell into the cars of thy sons, and of thy sons son, 
what things I have wrought in Egypt, that ye may know how that 
1 am the Lord. 

Deut. vi. 6. These words which I command thee this day shall be 
in thine heart, and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy chil- 
dren, and talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when 
thou walkest by the v/ay, and when thou iiest down, and when thou 
risestup. Ver.' 8, 20, 21. Ch. xi. 13, 19. 



Chvp. XVII. Duties towards Childreiu 385 

Deut. xxxii. 46. Ye shall command your children to do all the 
words of this law. 

Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, Sec. 

Isa. xxxviii. 19. 1 he iatheis to the children shall make known 
thy truth. Ps. Ixxviii. 4, 7. 

Joel i. 2. Give ear all ye inhabitants of the land. 

Ver. 3. Tell ve your children of it, and let your children tell 
their children, and their children another generation. 

Eph. vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up 
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Col. iii. 21. See also 
Deut. iv. 9, 10.— xx?-i. 12, 13. 

LXX. Particular heads of instruction, Ezod. xii. 26. When your 
children shall ask, what mean ye by this service r 

Ver. 27. Ye shall say it is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who 
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he 
slew the Egyptians. 

xiii. 7. Thou shalt shew thy son, saying, this is done because of 
that which the Lord did to me when 1 came cut of Egypt. Ver. 14. 

Jos. iv. 20. Those twelve stones which they took out of Jordon, 
did Joshua pitch in Gik^al. 

Ver. 21. Saying, when your children shall ask their fathers, what 
mean these stones ? 

Jos. iv. 22. Then ye shall let your children know, saying-, the Lord 
your God dried up the waters of Jordan before you. 

Ver. 24. That all the people of the earth misj ht know the hand of 
the Lord that it is mighty. 

LXXI. Parents careful to iytstruct children^ were. Gen. xviii. 19. 
Abraham. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. David. Prov. iv. 3. Samuel's mother. 
Prov. xxxi. 1. Timothy's mother and grandmother. 2 Tim. i. 5. 

LXXIL Correcting Children. Prov. xiii. 24. He that spareth the 
rod hateth his son, but he that lovcth him chasteneth him betimes. 

xiv. 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul 
spare for his crying. 

xxii. 15. Foolishnesss is bound up in the heart of a child, but the 
rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 

xxiii. 13. With-hold not correction from the child. 

Ver. 14. Thou shalt beat him with a rod, and shalt deliver his soul 
from hell. 

xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to 
himself bringeth his mother to shame. 

Ver. 17. Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest, yea, he shiall 
give delight unto thy soul. See Deut. viii. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 4. 

This duty neglected by David. 1 Kings i. 6. By Eli. 1 Sam.ii.22,ccc. 

LXXIIL Parents careful to marry their children into religious fa- 
milies. Gen. yxiv. 2. Abraham said to his servant, 

Ver. 3. Swear by the God of heaven and earth, that thou shalt not 
take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, kc. Ver. 

4, 38. See also, Ch. xxvii. 46 — xxviii. 1, 6. — xxxviii. 6. Transgres- 
sed bv Esau. Gen. xxvi. 35. — xxviii. 8, 9. Marriage with the hea- 
then inhabitants of Canaan forbidden, for the ill consequences of such 
marriages. Exod. xxxiv. 16. Deut.vii. 3. Jos. xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. iii. 

5, 6, 7. 1 Kings ;d. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 2. 12. Nch. xiii. 23 to 27. 



386 ''Children among the promised Blessings, Chap. XVII. 



LXXIV. Portions given to children by fjarenta. Gen. xxv. 5. Abra- 
ham gave all that he had to Isaac. 

Ver. 6. But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, 
Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac. 

xlviii. 21. Israel said to Joseph, ver. 22. I have given thee one 
portion above thy brethren. The oldest son by the law of Moses was 
to have a double portion. Deut. xxi. 15, 16, 17. 

CHILDREN AMONG THE PROMISED BLESSINGS. 

LXXV. Children are among the firomised blessings of God to man- 
kind. Gen. i. 21. God blessed Adam and Eve, and said unto them 
be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. 

viii. 15. God spake unto Noah, saying, ver. 16. Go forth of the 
ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons wives with thee. 

Ver. 17. And be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. Ch. ix. 1, 7. 

xiii. 14. The Lord said unto Abram, ver 16. I will make thy 
seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of 
the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Ch. xxii. 16, 17. 

XV. 5. The Lord said to Abram, look toward heaven and tell the 
stars if thou be able to number them, and he said unto him, so shall 
thy seed be. 

xvii. 1. The Lord appeared unto Abram and said unto him, 

Ver. 5. Thy name shall be called Abraham, for a father of many 
nations have I made the^. 

Ver. 6. I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and will make nations 
of thee and kings shall come out of thee. See Hagar. Ch. xvi. 10. 
—xvii, 20. — xxi. 13. 

xxvi. 2. The Lord appeared unto Isaac and said, ver. 4. I will 
make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven. 

xxviii. 14. The Lord said unto Jacob, thy seed shall be as the dust 
of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, 
and to the north, and to the south. See Ch. xxxv. 9, 1 1. — xxxii. 12. 

xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, these are the children that (iod hath graci- 
ously given thy servant. Isa. viii. 18. 

LXXVI. Children firomised. Gen. xlviii. 19. Jacob said, Ephraim*s 
seed shall become a multitude of nations. 

xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough. 

Gen. xlix. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee^ with the blessings 
of the breasts and of the womb. 

Lev. xxvi. 19. I will make you fruitful and will multiply you. 

Numb. xxiv. 7. It is said of Jacob, his seed shall be upon many 
waters. 

Deut. vii. 13. The Lord thy God will love thee, and bless thee, and 
Tuultiply thee. 

Ver. 14. Thou shalt be blessed above all people, there shall not 
be male nor female, barren among you. Exod. xxiii. 26. 

xxviii. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body. Ver. 11. 

Jos. xxiv. 3. I took your father Abraham, and multiplied his seed. 

Nell. ix. 23. Their children thou multipliedst as the stars of hea- 



Job V. 25. Thine offspring shall be as the grass of the earth. Isa. 

>:lviii, 18, 19.— ^xlix. 20,, 



Chap, XVII. Children among the promised Blessings, 387 

Ps. cxiii. 9, He maketh the barren woman to be a joyful mother 
of children. 

cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and 
your children. 

cxxvii. 3. Children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of 
the womb is his reward. 

cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, by the sides of thine 
house, thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 
Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. 

cxliv. 12. That our sons may be as olive plants, our daughters like 
corner stones. See also, Deut. i. 10. — x. 22. — xiii. 17. — xxviii. 62. 
63. Jos. xxiv. 3. Jobxliiri2, 13. Ps. cvii. 38. Prov. xiv. 28. Jer. iii. 
16. — XXX. 19. — xxxiii. 22^ Ezek xvi. 7. — xxxvi. 10, 11 — xxxvii. 26. 

LXXVII. A de.sire of hewing children is natural to mankind, Listan- 
ces. Prov. xxx. 1 6. The grave and the barren v»'omb are not satisfied. 

Gen. xi. 30. Sarah iVbram's wife was barren. Ch. xvi. 1, 2, 3. She 
gave her handmaid to Abram, and said, it maybe that I may obtain 
children by her. 

XV. 2. Abram said, Lord, what wilt thou give me seeing I go child- 
less, to me thou hast given no seed- 

xviii. IC. The angel said, Sarah shall have a son. Ch. xvii. 19. 

Gen. xviii. 12. Sarah heard it and laughed. 

xxiv. 60. They blessed Rebekah and said, be thou the mother of 
thousands of millions. 

XXV. 21. Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was bar- 
ren, and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife con- 
ceived. 

xxviii. 1. Isaac blessed Jacob and said. Ver. 3. God Almighty 
bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee. 

xxx. 13. Leah said, happy am I, for the daughters will call me 
blessed. Ver. 20. 1 have borne six sons. 

xxix. 31. Rachel was barren. Ch. xxx. 1. She envied her sister, 
and said unto Jacob, give me children or else I die. 

xxx. 23. Rachel conceived and bare a son, and said God had ta- 
ken away my reproach. 

1 Sam. i. 3. Hannah had no children. Ver. 10. She was in bitter- 
ness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 

Ver. 19. And the Loi-d remembered her. Ver. 20. She conceiv- 
and bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saving, because I have 
asked him of the Lord. Ch. xxvii. For tliis cliild I prayed, and the 
Lord hath given me my petition. 

Luke i. 7. Elizabeth was barren. Ver. 13. The angel said unto 
Zacharias, thy prayer is heard, thy wife shall bear thee a son. 

Luke i. 24. Elizabeth conceived and said, thus hath the Lord dealt 
with me, to take away n-»y reproach. Ver. 23. 

LXXVni. God's care of mothers. Gen. ii. 16. Unto the woman 
the Lord said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, 
in sorrow shalt thou bring forth cliildren. I Tim. ii.'15. Neverthe- 
less she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith and 
holiness with sobrietv- 

xlix. 25. the Almighty shall bless thee with' the blessings of the 
breasts and ot the womb. 

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388 The Wicked punished in their Children, Chap. XVII. 

Ueut. vii. 13, He will bless the fruit of thy womb. See Exod. xxi. 
21. Hurt not a woman with child. 

LXXIX. God^n care of children, Exod. i. 17. The midwives saved 
the men cliildren alive. 

Ver. 2 1 . And God made them houses. 

Ps. xxii. 9. Thou art he that took me out of the womb, and didst 
make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 

Ver. 10. 1 was cast upon thee from the womb, thou art my God 
from my mother's belly. Ps. Ixxi. 6. 

Jonah iv. 11. God said should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, 
wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot dis- 
cern them between their right hand and their left ? 

Mark x. 14. Jesus said, suffer little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 

Ver. 16. And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, and 
said, of such is the kingdom of heaven. 

LXXX. The grief of parents at parting with their chHdren. Gen. 
xliii. 14. Jacob said, If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereav- 
ed. Ch. xlii. 38.— xliv. 29, 31. 

Job xxix. 2. Job said, O that I were as in months past. 

Ver. 5. When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children 
were about me. 

LXXXI. Godly fiarents blessed in the happiness of their children, 
Deut. iv. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, that it may be well with 
thee, and with thy children after thee. See Ch. v. 29. — xii. 25, 28. 

Ps. XXV. 12. He that feareth the Lord, ver. 13. His seed shall in- 
herit the earth. 

xxxvii. 25. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his 
seed begging bread. 

Ver. 26. His seed is blessed. 

cii. 28. The children of ti)y servants shall continue, and their seed 
shall be established before thee. 

cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy children with thee. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour my blessing upon thine offering. See Ch. 
Ixi. 9. — Ixv. 23. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, and one way, that they 
may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children af- 
ter them. 

THE WICKED PUNISHED IN THEIR CHILDREN. 

LXXXII. The wicked punished in the calamities of their children. 
Exod. XX. 5. I am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers 
upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that 
hate me. Ch. xxxiv. 7. Numb. xiv. 18. Deut. v. 9. 

Numb. iv. 33. Your children shall wander in this -wilderness, forty 
years, and bear your whoredoms. 

Job xxi. 9. God layeth up the iniquity of the wicked for his chil- 
dren. Isa. xiv. 2 I. 

Jer. ii. 9. With your childrens children will I plead, saith the Lord 

xxxii. 18. Thou recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the 
bosom of their children after them. See an instance, 2 Sam. xii. 14, 15, 

LXXXni. Particular calamities threatened against the children of 
the Tjicked. Capti-vity. Deut. xxviii. 33. Thy sons and thy daughters 



Chap. XVII. The Wicked punished in their Children. 389 

shall be given to another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail for 
them all the day 

2 Chron. xxix. 6. Our fathers turned away their faces from the 
habitation of the Lord, 

Ver. 9. Our sons and our daughters^ and our wives are in capti- 
vity for this. 

Jer. xlvlii. 46. Woe be unto thee, thy sons and thy daughters are 
taken capti\ es. 

Lam. i. 16. For the multitude of her transgressions her children 
are gone into captivity. 

Joel iii. 8. I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand 
of the children of Judah. Ch. ii. 1 6. See also Jer. x. 20. — xxxviii. 23. 
— xlvii. 3. Lam. v. 13. Ezek. xxx. 18. Mic. i. 16. 

LXXXIV. Stain by an enemy. Isa. xiii. 16. Thy children shall be 
dashed in pieces before thine eyes. Ps. cxxxvii. 9. Hos. xiii. 16. 

Jer. xvi. 3. Their children shall die of grevious deaths. 

xviii. 2 1 . Deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their 
blood by the force of the sword, let their wives, Sec. Ps. cix. 10. 

xliv. 7. Thus saith the Lord, wherefore commit ye this great evil a- 
gainst your souls, to cut off from you man, woman, child and suckling. 

Ezek. xxiii 47. The enemy shall slay their sons and their daughters. 

xxiv. 21. Your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword. 
Ch. XXV. Amos vii. \7 . See also Lev. xxvi. 22. 1 Sam. xv. 33. 2 Kings 
XXV. 7. 2 Chron. xxi. 14. Job xxvii. 13, 14. Isa. xlvii. 9 — li. 18. 
Jer. xiv. 16. — xv. 7. Ezek. ix. 6. 1 Kings xxi. 19, 21, 22. compared 
with 2 Kings ix. 25, 26. 

LXXXV. Siiff'er by famine. Jer. v. 15. I will bring a nation upon 
you, and they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread which thy 
sons and thy daughters should eat. Ver. 17. Job v. 5. 

Jer. xi. 22. Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine. 

Hos. iv. 6. 'Jliou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will 
forget thy children. 

Ver. 10. They shall cat and not have enough. See Ps. cix. 9, lOj 
12. Jer. xviii. 21. Lam. iv, 4. 

LXXXVL Other evils ufion the children of the wicked. Job v, 4. 
His children are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, neither 
is there any to deliver them. 

Ver. 5, The robber swalloweth up their substance, 

xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to his friends even the eyes of 
his children shall fail. 

XX. 10, His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands 
shall restore their goods. 

LXXXVIL Erroneous firincifdes in religion have destroyed the na- 
tural affection of ^larents toward their children. 2 Kings xvi. 3. Ahaz 
made his sons to pass through the fire. 

2 Chron, xxviii. 3. Ahaz burnt his children in the fire. See also, 
2 Kings xvii. 17, 31 — xi. 7, Jer. xxxii. 35. Ezek. xvi, 21. — xx. 26. 
Matt. X. 21. Forbidden. Lev. xviii, 21 — xx. 2, 3, 4. Deut. xviii. 10. 

LXXXVIII. Calamities ufion wicked parents and children. Lev. 
xxvi. 29. Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters. 
See Deut. xxviii, 53. Jer. xix. 9, 2 Kings vi. 29. Lam. ii. 20. — iv. 10. 

LXXXIX-. Want of children to the wicked. Hos. ix. 14. Give 



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Commandment Fifth, 



Chap. XVTI. 



them a miscarrying- womb and dry brcarts. 2 Sam. vi. 23. Lev. xx. 
20. Jer. xxii, 30. 

XC. Promises to the godly who are childless. Ps. Ixviii. 6. Yet scl- 
teth he the solitary in families. 

cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep iiouse, and to be a 
joyful mother of children. 

Isa. Ivi. 4. To the eunuchs, Sec. will I ^ive a name, and a place 
within my walls, &:c. 

COMMANDMENT FIFTH. 

XCI. Duties of children towa^'ds fiarents. Exod. xx. 12. Honoi>r 
thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land. 
Deut. V. 16. Matt. xv. 4. Eph. vi. 2. 

Lev. xi\. 3. Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father. 

Prov. i. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake 
not the law of thy mother. 

Ver. 9. They shall be an ornament of grace imto thine head, and 
chains about thy neck. 

iv 1. My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my 
commandments, for length of days and long life, and peace shall they 
add to thee. \'er. 2. 

V. 1. My son attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my 
understanding. 

vi. 20. Keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law 
of thy mother. 

Ver. 21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them 
about thy neck. Ver. 22. 

X 7. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the hea- 
viness of his mother. 

xiii. 1. A M'ise son heareth his father's instructions, but a scorner 
heareth not rebuke. 

XV. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son despis- 
eth his mother. 

xxiii. 22. Hearken to the father that begat thee, and despise not 
thy mother when she is old, 

X i . 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father. 

Mctl. i. 6, A son honoureth his father. Ch. iii. 17. 

Matt. xix. 19. Jesus said, honour thy father and thy mother. 

Eph. vi. I. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is 
right. Col. iii. 20. 

\'er, 2. Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first com- 
mandment with promise. Exod. xx. 12. 

V^er. 3. That it may be well with thee, and that thou may est live 
long on the earth 

I Tim. iii. 4. Having his children in subjection. 

V. 4. Let them learn to shew pity, and to requite their parents. 

XCIL Instances of dutiful children blr\ssed. Gen. ix. 23. Shem and 
Japhet. Vei'. 26, 27. Tliey are blessed of, xxviii. 7. their father Jacob. 
Ch. xlvii. 12.-^x11 X. 26. — 1. 10. Joseph. Ruth i. 15, 16, 17. Ruth. 
Luke ii. 51. Jesus. Jer. xxxv. 8, 18, 19. I'he sons of Jonadab. 

XCUL Disobedience and undutifal children^ threats against them. 
Exod. x\i. 15. He that smiteth his father or mother, shall be surely 
put to death. 



Chap. XVII. Buties of Masters, 391 

Exofl. Nxi. 17. He that cnrseth his father or his mother shall sure- 
ly be pill to death. Lev. xxiv. 15. — xx. 9. IMatt. xv. 4, 5, 6. ProA . 
XX. 20. 

DcLit. xxi. 18. If a num have a stubborn and rebellious son, that 
will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, 

V^er. 21. Ail the men of the city shall stone him v^ith stones that 
he die. 

xx\ii. 16. Cursed be he tl.at setteth light by his father or his mo- 
ther, and all the people shall say, Amen. Ezek. xxii. 7, 14. 

Prov. XV. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction. Ver. 20. 

xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow, and the 
father of a fool hath no joy. 

Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to 
her that bare him. Ch. x. 1. 

xix. IS. A foolish son is a calamity to his father. 

Ver. 26. He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother 
is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 

xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his fa- 
ther. 

Ver. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith it i» 
no trangression, the same is the companion of a destroyer. 

XXX. 1 1. Their is a generation thut curseth their father and doth 
not bless their mother. 

Ver. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey 
his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pluck it out, and the young 
eagles shall eat it. 

Isa. xlv. 10. Woe unto him that saith unto his father what beget- 
test thou ? and to ihe woman what hast thou brought forth ? 

Mic. vii. 6. The son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter 
riseth up against the mother. Luke xii. 5 3. 

2 Tim. iii. 2. Perilous times shall come, men shall be disobedient 
to parents, kc. 

XCIV. Particular instances of undutiful duobcdient children cursed. 
Gen. ix. 22. Ham. V^er. 25. He is cursed of his father. 

1 Sam. ii. 25. The sons of Eli are punished. Ver. 31 to o5. 

DUTIES OF MASTERS. 

XCV. Duties of masters towards serx'unts. Lev. xix. IS. The wa- 
ges of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the 
morning. See Dcut. xxiv. 15. Jer. xxii. 13. INial. iii. 5. James v. A. 
Luke X, 7. 

XXV. 43. You shall not rule over him with rigour. Ver. 46, 5o. 

Deut. xxiv. 14. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant, that is 
poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren or of strangers. 

Job xxxi. 13. if I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of 
my maid-servant when they contended with nie ; 

Ver.' 14. What shall 1 do when God riseth up, and when he visit- 
eth, what shall 1 answer him ? 

Ver. 15. Did not he that made me in the vromb make them, did 
not one fashion us both ? 

Matt. viii. 6. The centurion besought Jesus to heal his servant. 



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Chap. XVII. 



Eph. vi. 9. Ye masters do the same things unto your servants, for- 
bearing threatenings, knowing that your master is also in heaven, 
neither is there respect of persons with him. Col. iv. I. 

Prov. XXX. 10. Accuse not a servant to his master. 

Exod. xxi. 20, 26. Beating servants, the law thereof. 

xxi. 2. An Hebrew servant, when to go free. Lev. xxv. 39, 40, 
41, 54. Jer. xxxiv. 14. 

Lev. xxv. 44, 45, 46. Concerning slaves. 

Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. The fugitive servant. 

DUTIES OF SERVANTS. 



XCVL Duties of servants. Prov. xiv. 35. The king's favour is to- 
ward a wise servant. 

xvii. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that cause th 
shame. 

xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 

Mai. i. 6. A servant honoureth his master. 

Matt X. 24. Neither is the servant above his master. Ver. 25. 
Prov. xix. 10. For a servant to have rule over princes is not seemly. 

Luke iii. 14. Be content with your wages. 

xvii. 7. Who of you having a servant ploughing or feeding cattlcj 
will say to him by and by when he is come from the field go sit 
down to meat ? 

Ver. 8. And will not rather say unto him, make ready wherewith 
I may sup, and afterward thou shalt sup. 

1 Cor. vii. 21. Art thou called being a servant, care not for it, but 
if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 

Ver. 22. He that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the 
Lord's freeman. 

Eph. vi. 5. Servants be obedient to them that are your masters ac- 
cording to the flesh. 

Ver. 6. Not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as the servants 
of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. 

Ver. 7. With good-will, doing service as unto the Lord, and not 
to men. 

Ver. 8. Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doth, the 
same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants obey in all things your masters according to 
!the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in singleness of 
heart, fearing God. See ver. 23, 24, 25. 

1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count 
their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his 
doctrine be not blasphemed. Ver. 2. 

Tit. ii. 9. Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, and to 
please them well in all things, not answering again. 

Ver. 10. Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity, that they 
may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 

1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, 
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Ver. 19, 
20, 21. Servants are called faithful. Matt. xxiv. 45. — xxv. 21. In- 
stances, Abraham's servant. Gen. xxiv. Jacob. Gen. xxxi. 6. See 



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Ps. cxxxii. 2. Servants are wicked, slothful, unprofitable. Matt. xxv. 
26, 30. Who knew his Lord's will and did it not. Luke xii. 47. 

MAGISTRATES. 

XCVII. Duties of the civil magistrate., to administer justice impar- 
tially, 

Deut. i. 16. Judge righteously betAveen every man and his bro- 
ther, and the stranger that is with you. John vii. 24. 

xvi. 18. Judge the people with just judgment. Ezek. xviii. 8. 

xix, 18. Make diligent inquisition. Job xxix. 16, 17. Prov.xxv. 2. 

xxv. 1. Justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. 

Ps. Ixxxii. 3. Defend the poor and fatherless, do justice to the 
afflicted and needy. Ps. Ixxii. 2. 

V'er. 4. Deliver the poor and needy out of the hand of the wicked. 

Prov. XX. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scat- 
tereth away all evil with his eyes. 

Ver. 26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the 
wheel over them, Ps. ci. 4. 

Ver. 28. Mercy and truth uphold the king, and his throne is up- 
holden by mercy. Ch. xvi. 2. Is established by righteousness. 

xxi. 3. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord 
than sacrifice. 

xxix. 14. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne 
shall be established for ever. 

Isa. i. 1 7. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the father- 
less, plead for the widow. 

Ver. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as snow or 
as wool. 

Ivi. 1. Thus saith the Lord, keep judgment and do justice. 

Ver. 2. Blessed is the man that doth this. 

Iviii. 6. Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, 
let the oppressed go free, break every yoke. 

Ver. 8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning. 

Ixi. 8. I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery. 

Jer. xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, execute judgment and righte- 
ousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand ot the oppressor, and 
do no wrong ; do no violence to the stranger, to the fatherless, nor 
lo the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. Ch. xxi. 12. 

Ver. 4. Then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, kings 
sitting upon the throne of David, 8cc. 

Ver. 16. He judged the cause of the poor and needy, then it was 
well with him. 

Ezek. xlv. 9. Thus saith the Lord God, remove violence and spoil, 
and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from 
my people, saith the Lord. 

Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and do judgment, wait on thy God con- 
tinually. Isa. xvi. 4. In mercy shall thy throne be established. 

Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down as waters, and righteous- 
ness as a mighty stream. 

Zech. viii. 16. Execute the judgment of peace and truth in yourc 
gates. Ch. vii. 9. Exod. xviii. 16. — xxiii. 6, 7, S. Deut. xvi. 19. See 
Lev. xix. 15. Amos v. 15. 



394 Magistrates, Chap. XVI l. 

XCVIII. Qualifications of the civil jnagistratc. Exod. xviii. 21. 
Thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, 
men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such to be rulers. 

Deut. i. 13. Take ye wise men and understcinding, Inovvn among 
your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Ver. 15. 

xvii. 18. The king shall write him a copy of this law in a book. 

Ver. 19. He shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may 
learn to fear the Lord his God, and to keep all the words of this law 
apd these statutes to do them. Ver. 15, 16, 17, 20. Josh. i. 8, 

2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in 
the fear of God. 2 Chron. xix. 6, 7, 9. 

Neh. V. 9. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of (^od ? 

Ps. ii. 10. Be wise, ye kings, be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 

Ver. 11. Serve the Lord with fear. 

Prov. xxix. 2. When the righteous are in authority the people 
rejoice. 

Examfiles. Jehoshaphat. 2 Chron. xx. 3. Nehemiah. Neh. v. 15. 

XCIX. The 7nagistratt*s concern ivith religion. Numb. xiv. 17. 
Moses the chief magistrate, prayeth for the people. Deut. ix. 26. 
He enquireth of God for the people. Exod. xviii. 15. 

Josh, vii.6. Joshua prayeth for the people. Ver. 7. 

xxiv. 1 to 28. His religious exhortation to the people. 

2 Sam. vi. 2. David's care of the ark of God. 1 Chron. xxiii. 6. 
He devides the priests into courses. 

vii. 2. He resolves to build an house for the worship of God. Ver. 
7, 8. 1 Kings viii. 18. 

1 Chron. xxii. 3. He prepares materials for building the temple* 

2 Sam vi. 18. He blesses the people in the name of the Lord, 
xxiv. 17. He prayeth for the people. Ver. 25. 

1 Chron. xxix. 19. He prayeth for Solomon. 

2 Sam. iii. I. David waxed stronger and stronger. Ch. v. 10. Pie 
grew great, and ihe Lord established him. Ver. 12. 

viii. 14. The Lord preserved him whithersoever he went. 
I Kings iii. 3. Solomon loved the Lord. 

Ver. 9. He prayed to God for qualifications to govern the people. 
Ver. 11. His prayer was answered. Ch. iv. 29. 
vi. 14. He built the house of God. 

viii. 23. His prayer and exhortation at the dedication of the tem- 
ple. 2 Chron. viii. 14. He appoints the courses of the priests- 

1 Chron. xxix. 25. The Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord 
hearkened unto him, and gave Israel a saviour. 

2 Chron. xiv. 2, 4. Asa reforms abuses in religion. 

Ver. 1 1. He prayeth against the Ethiopian army. 

Ver. 12. The Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa. 

XV. 8. He farther reforms the nation, and takes an oath of the 
people to reform and to seek the Lord. Ver. 12, 13, 14. 

xvii. 7, 8, 9. Jehoshaphat enjoins the princes and the Levites f.o 
teach the law of the Lord. 

xix. 4. He reforms abuses, calves a religious charge to the judges. 
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2 Chron. xx. 6. He appoints a fast, prays against the enemies of 
the nation, and is heard. See to Ver. 24. 

XXX. 2. Hezekiah took counsel with the princes, to celebrate the 
passover, which had been long neglected. 

Ver. 5, 6, 7. He writes letters and makes proclamation to assem- 
ble the people. Ver. 18. He prays for the people. 

xxxi. 2. He appoints the courses of the priests. 

xxxii. 20. H^ prayed to God against the Assyrian army. 

Ver. 21. And the Lord sent an angel which cut off all the mighty 
men of valour and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king 
of Assyria. 2 Kings xix. 15, 20. Isa. xxxvi. 1. 

Ver. 22. God saved Hezekiah. 

Ver. 23. He was magnified in the sight of all nations. 

2 Kings xxii. 3. Josiah, his care for the house of God. 

Ver. 13. He sends to enquire of the Lord. 

xxii. 2, 3. He reads the law to the people, and takes an oath of 
the people to kee]) it, and reforms abuses in religion. Jer. xxii. 15. 
God was with him. 

Ezra ix. 6. Ezra prays and reforms abuses in religion. Ch. viii. 21. 

X. 1,5. He takes an oath of the people to reform. 

Neh. i. 4 to 1 1. Nehemiah's prayer and confession, on which de- 
liverance is obtained. See chapters 2d, 3rd, 4th. 

V. 6 to 9. He reforms abusers in religion. Ch. xiii. 10 to 31. 

viii. 9. He teached the people. 

ix. 1, Sec. A remarkable fast is kept, with acknowledgement of 
mercies, humiliation and confession of sins. 

X. 29. The people enter into a curse and into an oath to walk in 
God's law. 

Jonah iii. 7. The king of Nineveh appoints a fast. 

Ver. 10. God approves thereof, and is intreated to be gracious. 

C. Good magistrates a blessing firomised to Ood^s fieople, Isa. i. 26. 
I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the 
beginning. 

Ver. 27. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and he-r converts 
with righteousness. 

xxviii. 6. The Lord shall be for a Spirit of judgment to them that 
sit in judgment. 

xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteous- 
ness in the fruitful field. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord hath filled Zion v^ith judgment and witii righ- 
teousness. 

xlix. 23. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers and queens thy nursing 
mothers. 

xl. 16. Thou shalt suck the breasts of kings. 

Ver. 17. I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors right- 
eousness. 

Jer. XXX. 20. I will punish all that oppress my people. 
Ver. 21. Their iiobles shall be of themselves, and their governor 
shall proceed from the midst of them, and 1 will cause him to draw 
near, and he shall approach unto me ; for who i^. this tlvat engageth 
his heart to approacli unto me, saith tl-ic Ixicl ^ 

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Ezek. xlv. 8. Princes shall no more oppress my people. 

Zech, ix. 8. No oppressor shall pass through them any more. 

CI. Magistracy is of di-vine apfiointmcnt . Deut. xvi. 18. Judges and 
officers shalt thou make in all thy gates, and they shall judge the peo- 
ple. Ch. xvii. 5. Numb. xi. 16, 17. 

Prov. -viii. 15. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 

Rom. xiii. 1 . There is no power but of God, the powers that be 
are ordained of God. 

Ver. 2. The ordinance of God. 

Ver. 4. The magistrate is the minister of God. 

CIl. Sins of magistrates. Perverting of judgment^ resfiect offiersons^ 
partiality, Sec Exod. xxiii. 6. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 
the poor in his cause. Ver. 2. 

Ver. 7. The innocent and righteous slay thou not, for I will not 
justify the wicked. 

Lev. xix. 15. Thou shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, thou 
shak not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of 
the mighty. Prov. xxiv. 23. 

Deut.i. 17. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, ye shall not 
be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. 2 Chron. xix. 
6. The Lord is with you in judgment. Ver. 7. Rom. ii. I 1. There 
is no respect of persons with God. Eph. vi. 9. Col. xiii. 25. 

Prov. xvi. 12. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness. 

Zech. vii. 10. Oppress not the widow nor the fatherless, the stran- 
ger nor the poor. Job xxxi. 21. 

Isa X. I. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that 
write grievousness which they have prescribed. 

\ er. 2. To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away 
the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, 
and that they may rob the fatherless. Jer. xxii. 3, 5. 

Isa. x. 3. What will ye do in the day of visitation ? See Deut. xix. 
15. Job xxxii. 21. Ps. xciv. 20. Eccl. v. 8. Isa. i. 10. — iii. 12 to 15. 
— xxviii. 14 to 18. Mic iii. 1 to 4, Acts xxiii. 3. 

cm. Perverting of judgment through covetousness, taking gifts, Isfc. 

Exod. xxiii. 8. Thou shalt not take a gift, for a gift blindeth the 
eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Deut. 
xvi. 9. 

Prov. xxix. 4. He that receiveth gifts, overthroweth the land. 

xxiii. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert 
the ways of judgment. See persons threatened for this sin. 1 Sam. 
viii. 3. Isa. i. 23, 24. — v. 22, 23. Jer. xxii. 17, 18, 19. Ezek. xxii.^ 
27,31. Hos.iv. 18. Amosv. 12. Mic. iii. 11, 12. — vii. 3, 4. See per- 
sons free from it. 1 Sam. xil. 3. Neh. v. 14, 15. Promises to such. 
Isa. xxxiii. 15. Ezek. xviii. 17. 

CIV. Perverting ofjudgraent through drunkenness. Prov. xxxi. 4. 
It is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink, lest 
they drink and forget the k\w, and pervert the judgment of any of the 
aiiiicted. 

Isa. xxviii. I. Yv'oe to the drunkards of Ephraim. Ver. 3. Ihey 
shall be trodden under foot. 

Ver. 7. Tncv have erred through wine, and through strong drinl; 
are they out of the way. Ver. 8. 



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Isa. V. 22. Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men 
of strength to mingle strong drink. See Eccl. x. 16, 17. 

CV. The misery of being governed by nveak or tvicked rulers. 

Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men 
are exalted. Eccl. x. 5, 6. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, 
which frameth mischief by a lavr. 

Prov. xxviii. 15. As a roaring lion, and a raging bear, so is a wick- 
ed ruler over poor people. 

Ver. 16. The prince thai wanteth understanding is a great op- 
pressor. 

xxix. 2. When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 

Eccl. iii. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. 

Ver. 16. I saw the place of judgment, that wickedness was there, 
and the place of righteousness that iniquity was there. Mic.vii. 3,4 

x. 16. Woe unto thee, O land, v/hen thy king is a child. 

iv. 1 3. Better is a poor and wise child, than an old and foolish king, 
that will no more be admonished. 

Isa. lix, 14. Judgment is turned away backward, and justice stand- 
eth afar off, truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

Amos vi. 12. Ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of 
righteousness into hemlock. Hos. x. 4. 

C VI. Such set over a fieofile^ as a punishment for sin. Neh. ix. 37. 
The kings whom thou hast set over us for our sins have dominion 
pver our bodies, &c. 

Ps. cvi. 4. They that hated them, ruled over them. 

Prov. xxviii 2. For the transgressions of a land many are the 
princes thereof. 

Isa. iii. 4. I will give children to their princes, and babes shall 
rule over them. 

Ver. 5. The child shall behave himself proudly against the an- 
cients, 8cc. 

Ver. 12. Children are their oppressors, women rule over them. 
Ver. 13, 14. 

Jer. li. 47. There shall come ruler against ruler. 

Lam. V. 8. Servants have ruled over us. Neh. v. 15. 

Hos. xiii. 11. I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him 
away in my Avrath. 

Joel ii. 7. Cive not thy heritage to the heathen that they should 
rule over them. 

Ezra ix. 7. For our iniquities have we, our kings and our priests, 
been delivered into the hand of the kintrs of the land, to the sword, 
captivity, spoil and confusion of face. Neh. ix. 24. See 1 Sam. viii. 
11 to 19. 

CVII. Wicked rulers^ enemies to religion. Ps. ii. 2. The kings of 
the earth set themselves, and the rulers took counsel against the 
Lord, and against his anointed. Ver. 9. Acts iv. 26. 

Luke xxiii. 35. They derided Christ. John vii. 48. Acts i, 26.«_ 
xiii. 27. See also Ezra ix. 2. Neh. v. 7. — xiii. 1 1. Rev. xvi. 14. 

CVIIL God's fi.rovide7ice over kings and rulers, exalting or abasino- 
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Jobxii. 17. He leadeth counsellors a^ay spoiled, and makcth the 
judge'i fools. Isa. xliv. 25. 

Ver, 18. He looscth the bond of kings and girdeth their loins with 
a jj^irdle. 

Ver. 21. He pouretli contempt upon princes. Ps. cvii. 40. 

xxxiv. 19. He acceptetli not the persons of princes, nor regardcth 
the rich more than the poor. 

Ver. 24. He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, 
and set others in their stead. 

Ps.lxxv.7. He putteth down one and setteth up another. Ps.lxxviii. 
6. Dan. ii. 21. 

Ps. Ixxvi. 12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes, he shall be 
terrible to the kings of the earth. 

Ixxxii. 1. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, he 
judgeth among the gods. 

cxxxv. 10. Who smote great nations, who slew great kings. 

Isa. xl 22, 23. He bringeth the princes to nothing. 

CIX. Particular instances of God's providence in exalting or dcbas- 
iitg rulers. 

Acts xiii. 20. God gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. 

Ver. 2 1 , Afterward he gave them Saul. 

Ver. 22. When he had removed him, he raised up unto them 
David. 1 Sam. xx. 30. Ps. Ixxviii. 70. — Ixxxix. 19. 

1 Chron. xxix. 1. Solomon whom alone thou hast chosen. 

Isa. xix. 18. The princes of Zoan are become fools, ver. 14. The 
Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst of Egypt. 

xxii. 3, All thy rulers are fled together, ver. 5. for it is a day of 
trouble and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord. 

xxix, 10, The Lord hath poured upon you the spirit of deep sleep, 
and haih closed your eyes, your rulers hath he covered. 

Ver. 14, The wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the un- 
derstanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 

xliv, 1. Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whose riglit 
band I have holden to subdue nations before him. Ch. xliv. 28, 
2 Chron, xxxvi. 2. Ezra i. 1 to 7. 

Jer. xxi. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will turn back the weapons of 
war in your hands. Ver. 7. I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judali 
and the people into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Ver. 5, 6. 

xxvii, 6, 1 have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchad- 
pezzar the king of Babylon my servant. 

Ver. 7. All nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son. 
Jer. xxviii. 14. See farther, concerning Nebuchadnezzar. Dan. ii. 
3r.— ,iv. 17, 30 to 33.-^v. 18, 19, 23, 28. Isa. xiv. 12. 

Ezek. xxviii. 2. Say unto the prince of Tyrus, thus saith the Lord 
God, because thine hqart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god ; 

Ver 7 • I will bring strangers upon thee, ver. 8, and they shall 
bring thee down to the pit. 

CX, Duties toward governors^ firaying for them. Ps. Ixxii. 15. 
prayer shall be made for him continually. 

1 Tim. ji. 1 , I exhort, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and 
giving of thanks be made for ajl men. 



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1 -Tim. ii. 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority, Sec. 
Ver. 3. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God. 

CXI. Honour and respect to be shewn to their Jiersons in words and 

actions, 

Exod. xxii. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ru- 
ier of thy people. Acts xxiii. 5. 

1 Sam. xxvi. 9. David said, destroy not Saul, the Lord's anointed. 
Ver. 11. Ch. xxiv. 6, 7, 8. 

Prov. XX. 2. The fear of a king, is as the roaring of a lion. 

xxiv. 21. Fear thou the Lord and the king, and meddle not with 
them that are given to change. 

Eccl. X. 20. Curse not the king, no not in thy thought. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Fear God, honour the king. 

2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knowcth how to reserve the unjust to the 
day of judgment to be punished. 

Ver. 10. But chiefly them that despise government, and are not 
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 

Jude ver. 8. These filthy dreamers despise dominion, and speak 
evil of dignities. Ver. 11. See Prov. xxv. 6, 7, 15. Eccl. viii. 4. 

See the respectful behaviour of Nathan to David. 1 Kings i. 23, 
24. Of Daniel to Darius. Dan. vi. 21. And of Paul to Agrippa. Acts 
xxvi. 1, 2, 3, Miriam and Aaron their disrespectful language to Mo- 
ses. Numb. xii. 1, 2. Their punishment. Ver. 9, 10, 11. 

CXII. Obedience to magistrates. Eccl. viii. 2. Keep the kings com- 
mandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. See Ezek. xvii. 
12 to 20. 

Ver. 5. He who keepeth the commandments, shall feel no evil 
thing. 

Matt. xvii. 26. Jesus said, then are the children free. 

Ver. 27. Notwithstanding lest we ofTend, give that piece of mo- 
ney for me and thee. 

xxii. 2 I . Render unto Cesar the things which arc Cesar's. 

Rom. xiii. I. Let every soul be suljject to the higher powers. 

Ver. 5. Be subject not only for wrath, but also for conscience sakt. 

Ver. 7. Render to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, &c. 

Tit. iii. 1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and 
powers, to obey magistrates. 

1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for 
the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, or unto go 
vernors that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil doers, and 
for the praise of them that do well. See Deut. xvii. II. Matt, xxiii 
2, 3. Prov. xxv. 15. Eccl. x. 4. 

CXIII. Rebellion against ^ magistrates in lawful authority^ the lin 
and punishment thereof, 

Deut xvii. 12. The man that will not hearken unto the priest, o'- 
unto the jndge shall die. 

Jos. i. 18. Whosoever will not hearken unto thy words, lie shall 
be put to death. 

Judges ii. 17. They would not hearken to their judges. 



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Ezra vii. 26. Whosoever will not clothe law of God and of the king, 
let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death 
or to banishment, or to confiscations ot goods, or to imprisonment. 
Ch. X. 6, 7, 8. 

Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever resisteth,resisteth the ordinance of God, 
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 

See the rebellion of Korah and his company. Numb. xvi. I. 8cc. 
Of the Jews. Ezek. xvii. 12 to 20. See also Prov. xvi. 14, 15. — xix. 
12.__xx. 2. 

CXIV. Disobedience to inagifstrates a duty, when they abuse their- 
fiower, by command 171 i^ things contrary to God^s law. 

Instances. Exod. i. 15 to 20. The midwives in Egypt. 

1 Sam. xiv. 45. Saul's army. Ch. xxii. 17. Saul's footmen. 

2 Chron. xi. 16. Those which refused to worship Jeroboam's calves. 
Esther iii, 1, 2, 3. — v. 9. Mordecai. 

Dan. iii. 15 to 18. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 

vi. 7 to 10. 'J he prophet Daniel. 

Acts iv. 18, 19, 20. — v. 27, 28, 29. The Apostles. 

Heb. xi. 27. Moses — Obeying in such cases a sin. 

Instances. 2 Sam. xxii. 18. 2 Kings xvii. 7, 8, 19. 1 Kings xii. 28. 

MINISTERS OF CHRIST. 




CXV. Ministers of Christ, their duties. The commission given to the 

afiostles. 

Matt. V. I. Jesus's disciples came unto him. 

Ver. 18. He said, ye are the salt of the earth, the light of the 
world. Ver. 14. 

ix. 38. Pray the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers. 

X. 5. These tv/elve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them saying, 

Ver. 7. Go preach, 

Ver. 8, Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out 
devils. 

Ver. 14. Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words 
v.hen ye depart out of that house or city* shake off the dust of your 
,fc?et. 

\ er. 15. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the 
land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that 
city. Ver. 40. 

xxviii, 18. Jeyus said, all power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. 

Ver. 19. Go ye therefore teach all nations, baptizing them, in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you, and lo, I am with you always even unto the end of 
the world. Amen. 

Mark iii. 1 4. Jesus ordained twelve apostles, that they should be 
with him. 

Ver. 15. And that he might send them forth to preach, and to 
have power to heal sickness, and to cast out devils. Ch. vi. 8. See 
Luke vi. 13.—- Iz-. 1, 6.— >:. 1, 1^* — xxi. !5. 



Chap. XVII. Ministers of Christ, 401 

John xiii, 20. He that receiveth whomsoever I send, reeeiveth me. 

xvii. 18. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also 
sent them into the world. Ver. 6, 7, 8, 14, 26. 

XX. 21. As my Father hath sent me, so send I you. 

Acts i. 24. For filling Judas's place, the apostles prayed and said, 
thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whither of 
these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry,, 
&c. Ver. 25. 

ix. 15. The Lord said of Paul, he is a chosen vessel unto me, to 
bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of 
Israel. Ver. 17. 

xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for 
the work whereunto 1 have called them. 

xxii. 21. Paul said, Jesus said unto me, I will send thee far hence, 
unto the Gentiles. 

xxvi. 16. Jesus said to Paul, I have appeared unto thee for this 
purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things 
which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear 
unto thee. 

Ver. 17. Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles. 
to whom I now send thee. 

Ver. 1 8. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness unto 
light, and from the power of Satan unto God, 

Rom. i. 1. Paul called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel 
of God. 

X. 14, 15. How shall they hear without a preacher, and how shall 
they preach except they be sent. 

XV. 15. 1 have written the more boldly unto you, putting you in 
mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 

Ver. 16. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the 
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, S?:c. 2 Tim. i. 1 1. — ii. 7. 

1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to preach the gospel. Ver. 27. 

iv. 1. Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ and 
stewards of the mysteries of God. 

Ver. 2. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found 
faithful. 

ix. 17. A dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 

1 Cor. xi. 23. Paul said, I have received of the Lord that which I 
delivered unto you. 

XV. 3. 1 delivered unto you, that which I received, how that Chris; 
died for our sins, according to the scriptures. 
• 2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God» 1 Tim. i. 13. 

Ver. 6. Who hath made us able ministers of the New Testanient. 

iv. 7. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excel- 
lency of the power may be of God and not of us. ^'er- 1. 

V. 18. God hath given to us the m.inistry of reconciliation. 

Ver. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did be- 
seech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 

xii. 1. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 

Gal. i. 1. Paul an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Je- 
sus Christ and God the Father,} i Tinic i. L 



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Gal. i. 15. It pleased God, who separated me from ray mother's 
womb, 

Vcr. 16. And called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that 
I might preach him among the heathen. 

Eph. iii. 7. I was made a minister of the gospel according to the 
gift of the grace of God, given unto me by the effectual working of 
his power. Col. i. 23, 2 5. 

Gal. i. 11,12. Neither was I taught the gospel but by the revela- 
tion of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. iv. 1 1 . He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some 
evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 

Ver. 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the mi- 
nistry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. I Cor. xii. 28. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who 
have spoken unto you the word of God. Phil. ii. 12. 

Rev. i. 1 1. What thou seest write in a book, and send it to the se- 
ven churches. See the Spiiit*s influences upon the apostles. 

CXVI. Power committed to the afiostles. Matt, xviii. 18. Whatso- 
ever ye shall bind oii earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoe- 
ver ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Ch. xvi. 19. 

John XX. 23. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted, and 
whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power in the gospel. 

2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are 
helpers of your joy. 

X. 8. Our authority the Lord hath given us for edification, and not 
for destruction. 

1 Pet. v. 3. Neither as being lords over God*s heritage, but being 
ensamples to the flock. 

CXVII. Excommunication. Matt, xviii. 15. If thy brother trespass 
against thee, go tell him his fault between thee and him alone : If 
he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother ; 

Ver. 16. If he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two 
more. 

Ver. 17. And if he neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church, 
but if he neglect to hear the church, let hira be unto thee as an hea- 
then man and a publican. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause divisions, contrary to the 
doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. 

1 Cor. v. 1. It is reported that there is fornication among you, and 
such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, 
that one should have his father's wife. 

Ver. 3. I have judged concerning him that hath done this deed. 

Ver. 4. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gather- 
ed together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of 
ihe flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 

Ver. 1 1 . I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that 
?s called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a 



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railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such an one, no not to eat, 

1 Cor. V. 13. Therefore put away from among yourselves that 
wicked person. 

2 Cor. ii. 6. Sufficient to such a man is the punishment inflicted 
of many. Jude ver. 22. 

2 Thess.iii. 6, Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walk- 
eth disorderly. 

Ver. 14. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that 
man, and have no company with him that he may be ashamed. 

2 John ver. 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine (of Christ) receive him not into your house, neither bid him 
God speed. See Lev. x. 10. Put a difference between the holy and 
profane, and Deut. xvii. 12. Ezek. xxii. 26.— xliv. 23. 

jFor fiersons unjustly excommunicated and hatedy see suffering for re- 
iigon ; and sup/iorts of ministers^ and others^ under sufferings for reli^ 
gion. 

CXVIII. J\''one may intrude into the ministeriaj. offxe. Numb, xviii- 
7. The Lord said, I have given your priests offiice unto you, as a ser^ 
vice of gift. 

Ver. 32. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh 
the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin and die. 

Deut. x. 8. The Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before the Lord, and to 
minister unto him, and to bless in his name. Ch. xxi. 5, 

Jer. xxiii. 21.1 have not sent these prophets yet they ran. 

Ver. 30. I am against the prophets, saith the Lord. 

xix. 31.1 sent him not, he caused you to trust in a lie. 

John x. 1. He that cometh not in by the door, is a thief and a rob- 
ber. 

Rom. X. 15. How shall they preach except they be sent. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ even of envy. 

Heb. V. 4. No man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is 
called of God as was Aaron. See the punishment of intrusion into 
the priest's office upon Korah and his company. Numb. xvi. ver. i 
to 36. Upon king Saul. 1 Sara. xiii» ver» 13 to 16. Upon Uzziah. 
2 Chron. xxvi. J 6 to 22. 

CXIX. Teaching truths the duty of ministers. Exod. xviii. 20. Thou 
shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way 
wherein they must walk, and the work they must do. 

xxiv. 12. The Lord said unto Moses, I will give thee a law and 
commandments which I have written that thou mayep-t tisach them, 
• Lev. X. 10. Take heed that ye put a difference between the holy 
and unholy, and between the ckan aixl the unclean. Ezek. xliv. 23, 

Ver. 1 1. And teach the children of Isreal the statutes >vhich the 
Lord hath spoken unto them. Deut. iv. 14.— -v. 31.— vi. 1. — xxxi. 19. 

Deut.xxxiii. 10. The children of Levi shall teach Jacob thy judg- 
ments, and Israel thy Luvv. 2 Kings xvii. 28. 2 Chron. xxx.' 22.-^ 
xvii. 9. Ezra vii. 10. 

I Sam. xii. 23. Samuel said, I will teach you the good and the 
right way. 

Neh. viii. 8. The Levltes read in the boek of the law of G®d dis- 



404 Ministers of Christ. Ghap. XVII. 

stihctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the read- 
ing. See ver. 5, 6. 

Isa. viii. 20. To the law and to the testimony, Sec. 
xxviii. 10. Precept must be upon precept, line ujjon line, here a 
little and there a little. • 

I. 4. The Lord God hatli given me the tongue of the learned that 
I should know how to speak a word to him that is weary. 

Isa. li. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth, and have concealed 
thee in the hollow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and 
lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion thou art my peo- 
ple. Jer. i. 9. 

Iviii. 1 . Gry aloud, spare not, lift up thy vbice like a trumpet, shew 
my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 
Ezek. xvi. 2. Gause Jerusalem to know her abominations. 
XX. 4. Gause them to know the abominations of their fathers. 
Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors according to mine own heart 
that shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.. 

xiii. 28. The pirophet tlmt hath a dream let him tell a dream, and 
he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully, what is the 
chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord ? 

Ver. 29. Is not my word like as a fire, saitb the Lord, and like a 
hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Gh. xx. 9. 

Ezek. ii. 7. Then thou shalt speak my words unto them whether 
they will hear or whether they will forbear. 

iii. 17. I have made thee a watch-man unto the house of Israel, 
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning. 

Ezek. iii. 18., When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die, 
and thou givest hira not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked 
from his wicked way, to save his life, he shall die in his iniquity, but 
his blood will I require at thy hand. 

Ver. 19. If thou warn the wicked and he turn not from his wick- 
edness, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. 
Hab. ii. 1. 

xvi. 2. Gause Jerusalem to know her abominations. 
Hos. viii. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth. 

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of 
judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and 
"to Israel his sin. 

Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should preserve knowledge, and the 
people should ask the law at his mouth, for he is the messenger of 
the Lord of hosts. 

xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into the kingdom of heaven is like 
.;\n housholder that bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and 
old. / , 

Matt, xxviii. 19. Go ye, and teach all nations. 
Ver. 2o. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you, and lo I am with you always even unto the end of 
the world. 

John xsi. 1 5r. Lo J.esus said to Peter, feed my lambs, feed my sheep. 



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Acts^ V. 42. Daily in the temple and in. every house the apostles 
ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus Christ. 

vi. 4. The apostles said, we will giv€ ouiseives continually to pray- 
er, and to the ministry of the word. 

xvi. 21. When they had preached th^, gospel and taught many, 
they returned again, 

Ver. 22. Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting tbeni 
to continue in the faith. 

xvi. 40. Paul and Silas comforted the brethren and departed. 

xviii. 6. Paul said, I am free from the blood of all men. 

XX. 1!?!^. Paul called the elders of the church of Ephesus. 

Ver. 18. And said, ye know after what manner I have been with 
you at all seasons. 

Ver. 19. Serving the Lord with all humility. 

Ver. 20. I kept back nothing that was profitable unt:o you. 

Ver. 24. I have testified the gospel of the grace of God. 

Acts XK. 2^, I take you to record that I am pure from the blood of 
all men. Clr. xviii. 6. Ezek. iii. 17* 

Ver. 27. I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of 
God. 

Ver. 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselve?;, and to all the flock, 
over the which the Holy Ghost hiith m^de y<>U: overseers (or bishops) 
to feed the church of God. 

Ver. 31. Watch, and remember that I ceased not to warn every 
man night and day with tears. 

xxviii. 31. Paul continued prea.ching the kingdom of God, and 
teaching those things that concern the Lord Jesiws with all confi* 
denpe. 
Rom,, xii. 7. Let us wait on miBistering, on teaching, on cxhortationc 

XV, 16. Ministering the gospel of the grace of God. 

xvi. 12. Tryphena, and Tryphosa, and Persis, laboured, much in 
the Lord. 

1 Cor. iii. 9. We are labcurors together with Godv 

Ver. 10. According t.) tlie grace of God given unto me, as a wise 
master builder I h;v e laid, the foundation. 

Ver. 11. Other foundation can no man lay than that is 'laid, which 
is Jesus Christ. See to ver. 15. 

1 Cor. iv. I . Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of 
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 

Ver. 2. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found 
faithful. Ver. 4. I Pet. iv. 10. 

Ver, 14. As my beloved sons I warn you. 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel,, I. have nothing to glory of, 
for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto m-Q, if I preach not 
the gospel. , ' 

xiv. 3. He that prophesieth (i. e. preacheth) speaketh unto men 
to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 

XV. 10. I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the 
grace of God which was with me. 

xvi 10, Timotheus woiketh the work of the Lord as I also do. 
2t Cor. vi. 10. We then as workers together with God beseech 
you, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 



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ii. \7. We arc not as many which corrupt the word of God, but 
as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 

2 Cor. iv. 2. We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, 
not walking in craftiness, not handling the word of God deceitfully, 
but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every 
mans's conscience in the sight of God. 

V. 1'9. God halh committed to us the word of reconciliation. 

Ver. 20. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ ; as though God 
did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye recon- 
ciled to God. 

Eph. vi. 21. Tychicus a beloved brother, and faithful minister in 
the Lord. Col. iv. 7. 

Phil, ii. 16. Holding forth the word of life, Sec. 

Coi. i. 28. Christ whom we preach, warning every rrtan, and teach- 
ing every man in all wisdom, that he may present every man perfect 
in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 17. Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the 
Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

1 Thess. ii. 3. Our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of unrighte- 
ousness, nor in guile. 

Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, because we would not be charge- 
able unto you, we preached the gospel of God. 

Ver. 11. Ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged 
every one of you (as a father doth his children.) 

iv. 1. We beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye 
have received of us how ye ought to walk and please God, so ye 
would abound mot-e and more. 

2 Thess. iii> 12. We command and exhort by our Lord Jesus 
Christ* that with quietness they work and eat their own blood. 

1 Tim. i. 3. Charge some that they teach none other doctrine. 

Ver. 4. Neither give heed to fables, and endless genealogies, 
which minister questions rather than godly edifying, which is in 
faith. Ch. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14, 16. Ch. iv. 4. Tit. i. 14. — iii. 9. 

ii. 7. 1 am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, a teacher of the 
Gentiles in faith and verity. 2 Tim. i. 1 1, 

iv. 6. If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, 
thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the 
words of faith and of good doctrine. 

Ver. II. These things command and teach. 

Ver. 16. Take heed unto thyself and to thy doctrine. Ver. 13. 

V. 17. Labour in the word and doctrine. 

Ver. 20. Them that sin, rebuke before all, that others may fear. 

Ver. 21. Observe these things without preferring one before ano- 
ther, doing nothing by partiality. 

Ver. 22, Lay hands suddenly on no man. Ch. iii. 2 to 10. Tit. i. 
6 to 10, 

vi. 2. These things teach and exhort. 

Ver. 3. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine 
which is according to godliness, 

Ver. 4, He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting alx)ut ques- 




Chap. XVII. Ministers of Christ, 4<or 

1 Tim. ii. 2. The things which thou hast heard of me among ma- 
ny witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be 
able to teach others also. 

Ver. 15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman 
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 

Ver. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

iv. 2. Preach the word, be instant in season, and out of season, re- 
prove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. Tit. i. 13. 

Ver. 5. Watch in all things, ©ndure afflictions, do the work of an 
evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 

Tit. i. 9. By sound doctrine convince gainsayers. 

ii. 1. Speak the things that become sound doctrine. 

Ver. 7. In doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. 

Ver. 8. Sound speech that cannot be condemned. 

Ver,- 15. Those things speak and exhort and rebuke with all au- 
thority. 

Heb. X. 11. Every priest standeth daily ministering. 

xiii. If. Ministers watch for souls, as they that must give an ac- 
count. 

1 Pet. V. 1 . Feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not 
by constraint but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. 

iv. 11. If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God, if 
any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth, 
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ. 

2 Pet. i. 12. I will not be negligent to put you always in remem- 
brance of those things, though ye knew them, and be established in 
the present truth. 

Ver. 13. I think it my duty to stir up your pure minds by way of 
remembrance. Ch. iii. 1. 

Ver. 15. I will endeavour, that after my decease, ye may have 
these things always in remembrance. Phil. iii. 1. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you. 
Jude ver. 3. It was needful that I should write to you, and exhort you. 

CXX. The good effects of fir caching. Matt. xii. 41. The man of 
Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonas. Jonah iii. 2, 5. 

Acts ii. 41. At Peter's sermon there were added to the church a- 
bout three thousand souls. 

xxi, 19. Paul declared what things God had wrought by his min- 
isters among the Gentiles. 

Ver. 20. And the brethren glorified God. 

I Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to 
save them that believe. 

iii. 5. Who is Paul, or who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye 
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man. 

CXXI. A good ministry firomised. 1 Sam. ii. 35. I will raise me 
up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine 
heart, and in my mind. 

Isa. XXX. 20. Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, 
and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into 
a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers. 

Ver. 21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying, 
this is the way, walk ye in it. 



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Jcr. ill. 15. I will Q^ive you pastors according to mine own heart 
ihat shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

xxiii. 4. 1 will set up siiepherds over them which shall feed them, 
and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shal.l they be 
lacking, saiththe Lord. isa. Ixii. 6. 

CXXII. Faithful mini Htry» Prominefi to them and firc\yer^ for them.. 
Deut. xxxiii. 8, Let thy Urim and thy Thummimbe with thy holyones, 

Ver. 1 1. Of Levi, bless, Lord, his substance and accept the work 
of his hands, smite through the loins of them that rise up against him. 

Ps. cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful of us, he will bless the 
house of Israel, he will bless the house of A^ron. Ps. cxxxv. 19. 

cxxxii. 13. The Lord hath chosen Zion. 

Ver. 16. I will clothe her priests with salvation, 8cc. 

Isa. y.lix. 4. 1 said I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength 
for nought, and in vain, yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and 
niy work with my God. 

Jer. XV. 19. Thus saith the Lord, if thou take forth the precious 
from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth : let them return unto thee, 
but return not thou unto them. 

xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, j^nd my 
people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord,. 

Jer. xxxiii. 20. If you can break my covenant of the day, and of 
the night, 

Ver. 21. Then may also my covenant be broken with the Levites, 
the priests, my ministers. .. , 

Ezek. xiiv. 15. The priests that kept my charge when the children 
©f Israel went astray from me, they shall come unto me and minis- 
ter unto me. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine ^s the brightness of the 
firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, a§ the stars for 
ever and ever. Prov. xi. 30. James v. 20. 

M-itt. V. 19. Whosoever shall do ajid teach these commSindments, 
the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

Luke xii, 42. Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom 
his Lord shall make ruler over his houshold, to give them, their por- 
tion of meat in due season. 

Ver. 43. Blessed Is that sen^ant whom his Lord when he cometh 
slijiil find so doing. ' . 

xxii. 29. .Jesus said, f appoint unto you a kingdom. Matt. xix. 28. 

John !v. 35, He that reapeth re.ceiveth wages,. and gatherjeth fruit 
unto life eternal. See %ff'\vii- iv. T, 8. Rev- ii. 10„ 

CXXII I. Holy and unblameahle in life and conversation-. Lev. xxi. 
16. The priests shall be holy unto their God. Ezek.xliv.. 24, 

Lan^ iv. 7. Her Nazarites were purer than snow, &c. 

Isg.. lit. 1 1 . Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.. 

Matt. V. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth. Ch,. xiv. The light of 
ilje world. 

Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before men, >tbat they- may see 
your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

X. 16. Be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

Acts XX 28. Take heed unto yourselves. 

Rom. ii. 2 1 . Thou that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself • 



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1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep under my body and bring it into 
subjection, lest by any means when I have preached to others, I my- 
self should be cast away. Matt, vii, 22. 

2 Cor. vi. 3. Givin.^- none offence, that the ministry be not blamed. 
Ver. 4. In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God. 

in much patience, &c. 

Ver. 6. By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by the Ho- 
ly Ghost, by love unfeigned. 

Ver. 7 . By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour 
of righteousness on the right hand, and on the left. 

viii. 20. Avoiding this, that no man should blame us. 

xi. 12. I cut off occasion from them that seek occasion, 

Phil. iii. 17. Ye have us for an example. 

iv. 9. These things which thou hast heard and seen in me do, &c. 

1 The«s. ii. 10. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holy and just- 
ly, and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you, 

2 Thess. iii. 7. We behaved not ourselves disorderly among you - 
Ver. 9. We make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 

1 Tim. iii. 1. If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a 
good work. 

Ver. 2. A bishop must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good be- 
haviour, given to hospitality. 

Ver. 3. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre^ 
but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; 

Ver. 4. One that ruleth well his own house. 

Ver. 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into 
the condemnation of the devil. 

Ver. 7. He must have a good report of them that are without, lest 
he fall into reproach. Tit. i. 7, 8, 9. A bishop must be blameless as 
the steward of God, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, 
no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lo- 
ver of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; holding fast the faith- 
ful word, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and 
convince gainsay ers. 

Ver. 8. Likewise must the deacons be grave. Sec. See to ver. 14. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an ex- 
ample of the believers, in word, in conversation, ii-i charily, in spi- 
rit, in faith, in purity. Tit. ii. 15. 

Ver. 13. Give attendance to reading, Sec. 

Ver. 14. Neglect not the gift that is in thee. 

Ver. 15. Meditate on these things, give thyself wholly to them- 

Ver. 16. Take heed unto thyself and to thy doctrine, continue in 
them, for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself, and them that 
hear thee. 

v. 22. Keep thyself pure. 

vi. 11. Thou O mun of God, follow after righteousness, godliness, 
faith, love, patience, meekness. 

Ver. 12. Fight the good fight of fliith. 

Ver. 14. Keep this commandment without spot unrebukeable. 

Ver. 20. Keep that which is committed to thy trust. 2 Tim. i. 14. 
2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fcist the form of sound, words in faitli and love 
which is in Christ Jesus. 



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2 Tim. ii. 22.. Flee youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.. 
Ver. 24. The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle 
unto all men, apt to teach, patient. 

Ver. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

2 Tim. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of 
life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, patience. 

Ver. 14. Continue in the things which thou hast learned and hast 
been assured of. 

Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works. 

1 Pet. V. 3. Being ensamples to the flock. See instances. Acts vi. 
3. The seven deacons. Ch. xvi. 2. Timotheus. Ch. xxii. 12. Anani- 
as. Heb. xi. 2. The elders. 3 John ver. 12. Demetrius. 

CXXIV. Their humility^ self-denial and condescension for the good 
of mankind in thdr office. Rom. i. 11. I long for you that I may im- 
part some spiritual gift \mto you. 

xi. 13. 1 magnify mine office. 

1 Cor. ix. 12. We suffer all things lest we should hinder the gos- 
pel. 

Ver. 19. I made myself servant of all that I might gain the more, 

Ver. 22. I am made all things to all men that 1 might by all means 
save some. 

Ver. 23. This I do for the gospel's sake. 

X. 33. I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, 
but the profit of many, that they might be saved. 

2 Cor. i. 24. We are helpers of your joy. Acts xvi. 40. 

ii. 4. The love I have for you all. 

V. 20. We pray you be ye reconciled to God. 

vi. 1 . We beseech you, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 

Ver. 13. I speak as to my children. 

vii. 4. Great is my glorying in you, I am comforted. Acts xi. 25f. 

Ver. 13. We were comforted in your comfort. 

xi. 2. I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 

Ver. 3. I fear lest your minds should be corrupted from the sim- 
plicity that is in Christ. See ver. 23 to 29. 

Ver. 1 I. Wherefore ? because I love you not ? God knoweth. 

2 Cor. xii. 15. I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though 
The more I love you the less I be loved. 

Ver. 19. We do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 

Ver. 29. W^ho is weak and I am not wxak ? who is offended and 
1 burn not ? 

Gal. iv. 1 1. I am afraid lest I have bestowed labour on you ici vain^ 

Ver. 19. My little children of whom 1 travel in birth till Christ 
be formed in you. 

Phil. i. 8. God is my retord how greatly I long after you in the 
bowels of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 17. If I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, 
1 joy and rejoice with you all. 

Ver. 20. Timotheus will naturally care for your state. 

iv. 1* Dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand 
fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 

CoL i. 21. I rejoice in mv sufferings for you, I fill up that which 



Chap. XVII. Mhmiers of Christ. 411 

behind of the affiicdon of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which 
is the church. 

Col. ii. 1. I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, 
and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as have noi seen my L<cq 
in the flesh : 

Ver. 2. That their hearts might be knit together in love, and unto 
all riches of the full assurance of understanding, Sec. 

ii. 5. Though I be absent in the flesh, yet 1 am with you in the 
spirit, joying and beholding your order and the stedfastness of your 
faith in Christ. 

iv. 8. I sent Timotheus to comfort your hearts. 1 Cor. iv. 7. 
*1 Thess. iii. 2. 

1 Thess. ii. 7. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cher= 
isheth her children. 

Ver. 8. Being aff'ectionately desirous of you, we were willing to 
have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own 
souis, because ye were dear unto us. 

\'"er. 9. Labouring night and day we preached the gospel unto you. 

Ver. 1 1 . We exhorted and comforted and cherished every one of 
you as a father doth his children. 

Ver. 19. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? are 
not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ? 

iii. 7. Brethren, we were comforted over you in all our afflictions 
and distress by your faith. 

Ver. 8. For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 

Ver. 9. What thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy 
wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God ? Ver. 10, II. 

2 Tim. ii. 10. i endure all things for the elects sake, that they may 
obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 

John ver. 4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children 
W'aik in the truth. 2 John ver. 4. ' 

CXXV. They ficek not afi/iluunefrom men, they fatter not men in 
their vices and fircjudices. 1 Tliess. ii. 4. We speak not as pleasing 
men, but God which trieth our heaats. 

\ er. 5. Neither used we fluttering words. 

Ver. 6. Neither of men sought we glory. 

Gal. i. 10. If 1 yetpieused men I should not be the servant of Christ. 

CXX\''L 7'A.^t fieek 7iot riches cf men, are not coz'etous. 2 Cor. xii. 
14. Paul said 1 ^eek not yours but you. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop mast not be greedy of filthy lucre. Ver 8 
Tit. i. 7. 

I Pet. v. 2. Feed the flock of God, taking the oversight, not for 
filchy lucre's sake. See Luke ix. 62. 2 Tim. ii. 4. See instances 
Samuel. 1 Sam. xii. 1, 2, 3. Paul. 1 Cor. ix. 14. 2 Cor. vii. 2.— ix 
U.— xii. 13, 17, 18. 1 Thess. ii. 5. Phil. iv. 11, 12. 

CXXV^II. Their duty and encouragement to s/ieak boldly the truths 
of religion ivithoutfear. Isa. 1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the 
tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in 
season to him that is weary. 

Jer. i. 7. The Lord said to me, say not I am a child, for thou sh^U 



41*2 Ministers of Christ, Chap. XVII. 

go to all that I send thee, and whatsoever I shall command thee, that 
thou shalt speak. 

Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces for I am with thee to deliver 
thee, saith the Lord. \ er. 5, 9. 

Ver. 17. Be not afraid of their faces lest I confound thee before 
them. Ch. vi. 27. — xv. 20, 21.-^xx. 11. Ezek. ii. 6, 7. 

Ezek. iii. 8. I have made thy face stront^; ai^ainst their faces. Ver. 9. 

Matt. X. 28. Fear not them which kilfthe body. Ver. 26, 31. 

Acts iv. 29. Lord i^rant unto thy servants, that with all boldness 
they may speak thy word. 

xviii. 9. Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, be 
not afraid but speak and hold not thy peace. 

Ver. 10. For 1 am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt 
thee, for I have much people in this city. Ver. I i. 

xxviii. 3L Paul taught those things that concern the Lord Jesus 
with all confidence. 

Eph. vi. 19. Paul said, pray for me that utterance may be given 
me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery 
of the gospel. 

Eph. vi. 20. That I may speak boldly as I ought to speak. 

Prov, XX. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, shall have their portion 
in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second 
death. See Moses's excuse, and God's reply to him. Exod. iv. 10 
to 13. 

CXXVIII. Instances of becoming boldneas inrefiroving dinners and 
declaring the truths of religion. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. Samuel said to Saul, 
thou hast done foolishly, thou hast not kept the commandment of the 
Lord thy God. 2 Chron. xvi. 7, 9. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. Nathan said to David, thou art the man that hast 
done wickedly. 

Ver. 9. Wherefore hast thou despised the Lord to do evil in his 
sight ? 

i Kings xxi. 20. Elijah said to Ahab, thou hast sold thy life to 
work evil in the sight of the Lord. See more instances in a prophet. 
9 Chron. xxv. 16. Daniel. Dan. iv. 27.— v. 22, 23. John Baptist, 
Matt. xiv. 4. Peter and John. Acts xiv. 13, 18, 19, 20. Paul. Acts 
ix. 29.-— xix. 8. 2 Cor. x. 1, 2. — xi. 21. Rom. xv. 15. 1 Thesp, ii. 2. 
Barnabas and Paul. Acts xiii. 46. — xiv. 3. Apolos. Acts xviii. 25, 
?6. Many brethren. Phil. i. 14. 

CXXIX. The sufferings of the apostles^ ilfc. for religion. Acts v. 
41. The apostles departed from the presence of the counsel rejoic- 
ing that they were counted v/orthy to suffer shame, for the name of 
Christ. 

ix. 16. The Lord said of Paul, I will shew him how great things 
he must suffer for my name's sake. 

XX. 23. Paul said, the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, sayings 
that bonds and atliictions abide me. 

\ er. 24. But none of these things move me, neither count I my 
life dear unto myself, so that i might finish my course with joy, and 
the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the 
gospel of the grace of God. 



Chap. XVIL Ministers of Christ. 413 

\ Cor. ii. 3. I was with you in weakness and in fear, Sec. 

iv. 9. God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed 
to death, for we are made a spectacle unto the world, to angels and 
to men. 

Ver. 10. We are fools, we are weak, we are dishonourable, we 
are despised. Ch. xxvii. 28. 

Ver. 1 1. We hunger and thirst, are naked, bufTeted, and have no 
sertain dwelling-pkxe. 

\^er. 12. Being reviled we bless, being persecuted we suffer it. 

Ver. 13. Being defamed we intreat, we are made as the filth of 
the world, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day. 

2 Cor. i. 5. The sufferings of Christ abound in us. 

Ver. 8. In Asia, we were pressed out of measure, above strength, 
insomuch that we despaired even of life. 

Ver. 9. We had the sentence of death within ourselves. 

Ver. 10. God delivered us. 

vi. 4. In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God in 
much patience, in afflictions, in necesdaes, i ; distress. 

Ver. 5. In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in 
watchings, in fastings. 

Ver. 8. By honour and dishonour, by evil report, and good report, 
as deceivers, and yet true. 

Ver. 9. As unknown, and yet well known, as dying, and behold 
we live, as chastened and not killed. 

Ver. 10. As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making 
many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things. 

xi. 23. In labours abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons 
frequent, in deaths oft. Ver. 25, 26. 

Ver. 27. In weariness and painfulness, in watchings ofien, in hun- 
ger and tliirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 

Eph. vi. 20. For the gospel 1 am an ambassador in bonds. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer reproach. 

2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 
Ch. iv. 5. 

iii. 1 1. Thou hast knovrn what persecutions I endured. 

\'er. 12. Ail that will live godly in Christ Jesus shah suffer per- 
secutions. Acts xiv. 22. 

Heb. xi. 25. Moses chose rather to suffer aiffiction Vvith the peo- 
ple of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Ver. 26. 
Ch. xiii. 13. 

Ver. 36. Others had trial of cruel mockings, and scourgings. 

Ver. 37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, Sic. Ver. 38, 

Rev. zvi. 6. They -shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou 
hast given them blood to drink, for they are worthy. 

xi. 7. The beyst that aseendeth out of the bottomless pit, shall 
make war against the vvitnesses, and shall overcome them and shall 
kill them. 

xvii. 6. I saw ihe woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and 
Vriih the bloofl of the martyrs of Jesus. 

vii 6. The woman fled into the wilderness. Ver. 14. 

CXXK. IVirir wmfirro-.cw Lev. x. 8. I'hc Lord s])ake unto Aaron, 




^U Ministei's of Chr'isL Chap. XVII. 

Lev. X. ?>. Do not drink wine, nor strong drink, thou nor thy sons 
Svith thee, when ye %o into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest 
ye die. Ezek. xliv. 21. Luke i. 15. 

Luke yxi. 34. Jesus said unto his disciples, take heed to yourselves, 
lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drun- 
kenness and the cares of this life. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep my body under. Jer. xxxv. 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be given to wine. Tit. i. 7. See 
wine forbidden to Nazarites. Numb. vi. 3. Amos ii. 12. 

CXXXL They firay for the fieofilc. Numb. vi. 23. On this wise ye 
shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 

Ver. 24. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee, 

Ver. 25. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gra- 
cious unto thee, 

Ver. 26. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 

Joel ii. 17. Let the priests the ministers of the Lord weep between 
tlie porch and the altar, and let them say spare thy people, O Lord, 
and give not thy heritage to reproach. 

Rom. i. 9. Without ceasing, I make mention of you always in my 
prayers. 

X. 1. My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they 
may be saved. 

XV. lo. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in be- 
lieving, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace 
©f God which is given you by Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that ye do no evil. 

Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of 
you in my prayers. 

V^er. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 
knowledge of him, &c. Ver. 18, 19. 

Phil. i. 3. I thank my God on every remembrance of you. 

Ver. 4. Always in every prayer of mine, for you ali,making request, 

Ver. 5. That he that hath begun a good work in you, will perform 
it until the day of Christ. 

Ver. 9. This I pray that your love may abound yet more and more, 
in knowledge, and in eill judgment. 

Ver. 10. That ye may approve the things that are excellent, and 
that ye may be sincere and without oflfcnce until the day of Christ. 

Ver. 11. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are 
by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God. 

Col. i. 9. We cease not to pray for you and to desire that ye might 
be filled with tlic knovvledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual 
understanding. 

Ver- 10. That ye Tniy;ht walk worthy of the Lord \mto all pleasini^, 
being fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of 
Gofl 

Ver. 11. Strengthened wirh all mig]it according lo liis glorious 
povv^er, unto all patience and iong-sulfering with jo) fulness. 



Chap. XVII. Ministers of Christ, 415 

Col. iv. 12. Labouring fervently for you iln prayers, that ye may 
stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 

1 Thess. iii. 12. The Lord make you to encrease and abound in 
love, one towards another and towards all men. 

Ver. 13. To the end that he may establish your hearts unblameable 
in holiness before God even our Father, at the coming- of our Lord 
Jesus Christ with all his saints. 

V. 23. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God 
your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Thess. i. 1 1^ We pray always for you, that our God would count 
you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his good- 
ness, and the work of faith with power. 

Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glori- 
fied in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and 
the Lord Jesus ( hrist. 

ii. 16. Now the Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Fa- 
ther which hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation and 
good hope through grace, 

Ver. 17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word 
and work. 

James v. 14. Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders 
of the church, and let them pray over him. Ver. 15. 

See more instances of such prayers. Exod. xxxii. 1 1. Moses for the 
Israelites when they offended in making the golden calf. Deut. ix. 20. 

Numb. xi. 2. For the people when a fire from the Lord consum- 
ed many of them. 

xiv. 1 3, 20. For the people when they murmured. 

xxi. 6, 7, 8. For the people when bitten with fiery serpents. 

1 Sam. xii. 19, 23. Samuel for the people offending by asking a 
king. 

Nch- ix. 6. The priests for the people to ver. 37. Ch. x. 28 to 
39. On which a reformation ensues. Ch. xii. 43. 

Dan.ix. 4 to 20. Daniel for the people. 

Amos vii. 2 to 7. Amos for the people. 

Hab. i. 3 to 17. Habakkuk for the people. Ver. 17, 18, 19. Christ 
for the disciples. John xiv. 16. — xvi. 26. — xvii. 9, 15, 20. For Peter. 
Luke xxii. 32. P'or children. Matt. xix. 13. 

CXXXIL The supfiorts of Christians in general^ of the Lord's minis- 
ters in particular^ under sufferings J or religion. 

Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his 
word, your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's 
sake, said, let the Lord be glorified ; but he shall appear to your 
joy, and they shall be ashamed. Luke vi. 22, 23. 

Matt. V. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteous- 
ness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. i 1. 

X. 39. He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 

xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren, or sis- 
ters, or father or mother, or wife, or children, or iar.ds for my name's 
sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and sh;ill ini:iei'it everlasting life. 

Rom. V. 3. We glory in tribulations, knowing that tribuJation vvork- 
eth patience, 



416 Wicked Ministers. Chap. XVII. 

RoTn. V. 4. And patienec, experience and experience hope ; 

Ver. 5. And hope maketh not ashamed. James i. 2. 

viii. 17. If so be that we suffer for Christ, that we may be also glo- 
rified together. 

Ver. 18. The sufferings of this present time are not fit to l>e com- 
pared to the glory that shall be revealed in us. 

Ver. 35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Shall 
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or pe- 
ril, or the sword ? 

Ver. 36. (As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day 
long ; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.) 

Ver. 37. In all these things we arc more than conquerors, through 
him that loved us. 

2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted but not forsaken. Ch. vi. 8, 9, 10. 

xii. 10. I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessi- 
ties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : For when I am 
weak, then am 1 strong. 

Ver. 9. He said unto me, my grace is sufficient for thee ; for my 
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I 
rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest 
upon me. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer reproach, because we trust. 
in the living God. 

Heb. X. 34. Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing 
that in heaven ye have a better and a more enduring substance. 

xL 26. Moses had respect to the recompence of reward. 

Ver. 27. He endured as seeing him who is invisible. 

Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that 
they might obtain a better resurrection. 

xii. 1. Seeing wx are compassed about with so great a cloud of 
witnesses, let us run with patience the race set before us. 

Ver. 2. Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who 
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the 
shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God, Ch. 
ii. 9.— xiii. 13, Matt. x. 24. Jarnes v. 10. 1 Pet. ii. 21. — iv. 1,13, 14. 
16, 19. Rev. ii. 10, 

WICKED MINISTERS. 

CXXXni. Wicked mi7iister.^^ their sin and jiunishment. Lev. x. I. 
Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord which he com- 
manded them not. 

Ver. 2. And there went out a fire from the Lord and devoured 
them. 

1 Sam. ii. 12. The sons of Eli were sons of Belial, they knew not 
the Lord. See to ver. 17. Their covetousness. Ver. 22. Their un- 
cleanness. Ver. 27. to the end, the punishment of Eli's house. 

Isa. xliii. 27. Thy teachers have transgressed against me. 

Ver. 28. Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, 
I have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches- 

Jer. ii. 8. The priebts said not, where is the Lord ? and they that 
handle the law knev/ nie not ; the pastors aho transgrc-ssed agaiirst 
nie, &:c. 



Chap. XVII. Wicked Mmisters. 417 

Jer. ii. 9. Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saiththe Lord, and 
with your children's children. 

X. 21. The pastors are become brutish and have not sought the 
Lord, therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 
scattered. 

xxiii. 1 1. Both prophet and priest are profane, kc. 

Ver. 12. Wherefore I will bring evil upon them, even the year 
of their visitation, saiuh the Lord. 

Ver. 14. They commit adultery and walk in lies, they strengthen 
the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness, 
they are all of them to me as Sodom. 

Ver. 15. Thus suith the Lord, I will feed them with wormwood, 
and make them drink the water of gall, for from the priests is pro- 
faneness gone forth to all the Land. 

Ver. 22. If they hud stood in my counsel, and had caused my peo- 
ple to hear my words, then they should have turned them from the 
evil of their doings. 

Ver. 27. They cause my people to forget my name by their dreams. 

Ver. oO. I'herefore I am against the prophets, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have pro- 
faned my holy things. 

Ver. 31. Therefore I poured out mine indignation upon them, 
their own way have i recompensed upon their heads. 

Zeph. iii. 4. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons, her 
priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done vioicnce to tlic 
law. 

Ver. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof, &c. 

Mai. i. 6. O ye priests that despise my name. 

Ver. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. 

Ver. 8. If ye offer the blind, and the lame, and the sick, is it not evil !* 

Ver. 9. Will he regard your persons, saith the Lord? 

ii. 8. O ye priests, ye huve departed out of the way, ye have cau- 
sed many to stumble at the law. 

Ver. 9. Therefore have I made you contemptible before all the 
people, according as ye have not kept my ways. 

Matt. vii. 22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have 
we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and 
in thy name done many wonderful works. 

Ver. 23. Then will 1 profess unto them I never knew you, depart 
from me ye that work iniquity. Ch. xxv. 44, 45. 

2 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power 
thereof, from such turn away. V^er. 13. 

CXXXiV. Their covetousness. Isa. Ivi. 11. Her watchmen are all 
greedy dogs which can never have enough ; they all look to their own 
way, every one for his gain from his quarter. See the covetousness 
of Eli's sons. 1 Sam. ii. 12 to 17. 

Jer. viii. 10. Every one from the least, even to the greatest, is 
given to covetousness. Ch. vi. 13. 

Ezek. xiii. 19, Vv'ill ye pollute my name for handfuls of barley and 
pieces of bread. 

Hos. vi. 9. As troops of robbers the priests murder in the way, 
thev commit lewdness. 




418 / Vickcd Minis tef\s\ Chap. X\' I L 

Mai. i. 10. Who is there am on '^ you that would simt the doors for 
nouglit ? neither do they kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have 
no pleasure in you, neither will I accept an offering at your hands, 
saith the l^ord of hosts. 

iii. 1 1 . The priets teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money. 

V^er. 12. Therefore shall Zion for your sakesbe plowed as a field. 

John X. 12. He that is an hireling, whose own the sheep are not, 
sceth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth. 

Ver. 13. The hireiing lleeth, because he is an hireling, and carcth 
not for the sheep. 

Acts XX. 29. After my departure shall grievous wolves enter in 
auiong you, not sparing the flock. 

1 i im. vi. 5. Men of corrupt minds, supposing that gain is godli- 
ness. 

2 Tim iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken us, having loved this present 
world. 

Tit. i. 11. Teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's 
sake. 

2 Pet.ii.3. Through covetousness shall they make merchandize of 
you. 

Jude ver. 1 1 . They ran greedily after the error of Balaam for 
reward. 2 Pet. ii. 14, 15. 

CXXXV. Their intemfierance. Isa. xxviii. 7. The priest and the 
prophet have erred; through strong drink they are out of the way. 
Ver. 8, 17. Ch. Ivi. 12. 

Luke xii. 45. If that servant shall begin to eat and to drink, and to 
be drunken, 

Ver. 46. The Lord of that servant will cut him in sunder, and ap- 
point him his portion with unbelievers. 

Rom. xvi. 1 8. Such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own 
beiiy. 

Phil iii. 19. Whose God is their belly, whose glory is their shame, 
who minu e r:hly thinc^s. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. 

Jude ver. 12. Feeding themselves without fear. 

^ er. 19. Sensual, having not the Spirit. 

(XXXVI. Their .slothfulness. isa. hi. 10. His watchmen are all 
duriib doL,s, they cannoi bark, sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 
■ Jer xxiii. 1. Vy^oe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the 
sh4.ep of my pasture, suith the Lord. 

\'er. 2. Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and 
have not visited them ; behold I \\ ill visit upon you the evil of your 
doings, sciiththe Lord. 

Ezek. iii. 18. When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die ; 
and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked 
from his wicked way to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die 
in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 

xxxiv. 2. Thus saith the Lord, woe be to the shepherds; should 
not ti>e shepherds feed the flock. See to ver. 1 1. 

xiiv. 8. Ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things, but ye 
have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 



Chap. XVII. lFk'^.ed Mmsters. 419 

Ezek. xliv. 12. They shall bear their inqiiity. 

Hos. iv 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because 
thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be 
no priest to me ; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, 1 will 
also forget thy children. 

Ver. 9. There shall be like people like priest, and I will punish them 
for their ways, and reward them for their doings. 

Luke xi. 52. they have taken away the key of knowledge. 

Matt, xxiii. 3. They say and do not, they bind heavy burdens on 
men's shoulders, but they themselves will not touch them with one of 
their fingers. 

XXV. 26. Thou wicked and slothful servant. 

i Cor. ix. 16. Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. 

OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE TEACHERS. 

CXXXV^II. T/iey deceive the fieople nvith Jlattenes and false doctrine, 
Jsa. ix. 14. The Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail. 

Ver. 15. The prophet that teacheth lies is the tail. 

Ver. 16. For the leaders of this people cause them to err. Ch.iii.l2. 

Jer. V. 30. A wonderful thing is committed in the land. 

Ver. 31. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule 
by their means, and my people love to have it so. 

xiv. 14. I he prophets prophesy lies in my name, I sent them not, 
neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them ; they pro- 
phesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, 
and the deceit of their heart. Ch. xxvii. 9, 10, &c. 

vi. 14. They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people 
slightly, saying peace, peace, when there was no peace. Ch. viii. 1 1- 
Ezek. xiii. 10. 18. Mic. iii. 5. 

yii. 10. Many pastors have devoured my vineyard. Ver. 1 1. 

xxiii. 16. The prophets speak a vision of their own heart, and not 
out of the mouth of the Lord. 

Ver. 21.1 have not sent them, yet they ran. 

Ver. 25 They say I have dreamed, I have dreamed. Ver. 27, 28. Ch, 
xxviii. 9. 15. — xxix. 8, 9, 31, 32 1. 6. Zech. x. 2. 

Ezek. xiii. 10. Ye have seduced my people, saying peace peace, 
when there was no peace ; one built the wall and another daubed it with 
untempered mortar. Ch. xxii. 28^ to 31. 

Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord, I will break down the wall which ye 
have daubed with untempered mortar, it shall fall, and ye shall be con- 
sumed in the midst thereof. Ver. 15. 

Ver. 18. Woe unto them that sew pillows to all arm-holes. See to 
ver. 23. Ch. xxii. 28. 

Lam.ii. 14. Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee, 
and have not discovered thine iniquity. 

Ezek. xxii. 26. They have put no difference between the holy and 
profane, between the unclean and the cle:.n. 

xxxiv. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye 
healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was 
broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven av.ay, 



420 JVkked Mhiisters. Ghai*. XITiL 

neither have ye sought that which was lost, bnt with force and with 
cruelty have ye ruled them. 

Ezck. xliv. 10. TheLevites that are gene away far from me, when- 
Israel went astray -, 

Ver. 12. Because they ministered unto thcin before their idols, aud' 
caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore have I lift up 
mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear uilii 
iniquity. -Ch. xiv. 9, 10. 

Matt. V. 19, Whosoever shall break one of these least eommand- 
ments, and shall teach men so, shall be called ileast in the kingdom ci" 
heaven. 

XV. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the ccm- 
niandments of men. 

xxiii. 16. Woe unto you, ye blind guides. Ch. xv. 14. 

xxiv 1 1. Many false prophets shall rise and snail deceive many. 

Ver. 24. If it were possible they shall deceive the very elect, ^lark- 
xiii. 22. 

Luke. xi. 52. They have taken away the key of knowledge, 5vc. 
^^cts. XX. 30. Of yourownselves shall men arise, speaking perverse 
thmgsto draw away disciples after them. Ch. xv. 1, 24. Gal. i 7. 

Rom. xvi. 3 7. Mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary 
to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. 

Ver. 18. By good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts' 
of the simple. 

2 Cor. xi. 13. Such are false apostles, deceitful v/orkers, transformino- 
themselves into the apostles of Christ. Ver. 14, 15, 20. 

Gal. ii. 4. False brethren came in privily to spy out our liberty, that 
they might bring us into bondage. 

Ver. 5. To whom we gave place, by subjection, no, not for an hour, 
^that the truth of the gospel might continue witli you. 

Eph. iv. 14. They Ue in wait to deceive. 

V. 6. Let no man deceive you. 1 John iil. 7. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy. 

Hi. 2. Beware of dogs, bcv/are of evil-workers. 

Ver. 18. They are enemies to the cross of Christ. 

Col. ii. 8. Beware least any man deceive you through philosophy 
and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the ri|diments of thfs 
world, and not after Christ. 

Ver. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward, in a voluntary hu- 
jnility and worshipping angels. 

Ver. 22. After the commandments and doctrines of mem 

2 ' hess. ii. 3. Let no m,an deceive you by any means. 

Ver. 4. -'^he man of sin exalteth himself. 

Ver. 9. Whose coming is after the working of Satan, with aU power 
and signs, and lying wonders. 

Ver 10. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 
I Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to se- 
ducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

Ver. 2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared 

Ver. 3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from 
meats. 



-Chap.. XVII- Duties toward fh'd Ministry. 421 

1 Tim. vi. 3. They consent not to wholesome words, even the -words 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver, 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 18. Wlio concerning the truth have erred, and overthrew 
the faith of some. 

iii. 6. They creep into houses, and lead captive sily women. 

Ver. 8. They withstand the truth. 

Ver. 13. Evil men and seducers wax worse and worse, deceiving 
and being' deceived. 

Tit. i. 10. Unruly and vain talkers and deceivers subvert whole 
houses, teaching- things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake, 

Heb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. 

2 Pet. ii. 1. There v/as false prophets among the people, even as 
there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in 
damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and 
bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 

Ver. 2. Many shall follow their pernicious ways, by reason of 
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of Jude ver. 4 to 20. 

1 John ii. 18. Even now are there many antichrists. 

Ver. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of us. 
Ver. 26. These things I have written unto you concerning them 
that seduce you. 

iv. 1. Many false prophets are gone out into the world. 

2 John ver. 7. Many deceivers are entered into the world ; look 
to yourselves. 3 John ver. 10. 

Rev. ii. 2. Thou hast tried them which say that they are apostles 
and are not, and hast found them liars. 

Ver. g. I know the blasphemy of them v/hich say they are Jews and 
are not. 

xviii. 23. By thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Ch. xix. 20.-^. 
XX. 20. Gal. vi. 13. 

DUTIES TOWARD THE MINISTRY. 

XXXVIII. To receive their instructions. Deut. xvii. 9. Thou shalt 
come unto the priests the Levites, and inquire. 

Ver. 10. And thou shalt do according to the sentence which thev 
shall shew thee. 

Ver. 11. According to the sentence of the law which they shall 
teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee 
thou shalt do ; thou shalt not decline from the sentence which thtv 
shall shew thee, to the right-hand nor to the left I Sam. ix. 9, 

2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper Ch 
XXX. 22. 

Mai. ii. 7. The priests lips should keep knowledge, and thev 
should seek the lav/ at his mouth, for he is the messene-er of th'^ 
Lord of hosts. 

John viii. 47. lie that is of God heareth God's v/ordf;. 

Matt, xxiii. 2. The scribes and Phaiisees sit in r^.loscs seat. 

Ver. 3. All therefore whatsoever they bid you do, that observ--- 
and do. wo. ^^ 

Luke x. 16. He that heareth you heareth me. Matt. x. 40, To^n 
xiii. 20. ' ' '^^''^ 



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422 Duties toward tke Mhiistnj. Chap. XVII. 

1 Cor. iv 6. Be not puffed up for one against another. 

Ver. 16. Be ye ibilowers of nie. Phil. 3. 17. 

xi. 1. Be ye followers of me, even as I am of Christ. 

xvi. 16. Submit yourselves to such as have addicted themselves to 
the ministry, and to every one that helpeth with us and laboureth. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them wh.ich have the rule over you* who 
have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, consider- 
ing the end of their conversation. 

Ver. 17. Obey them which have the rule over you, and submit 
yourselves, for they watch for your souls, as they that must give 
account, that they may do it with joy and not v.ith grief, for that is 
unprofitcible for you. 

CXXXIX. To tsteem and lone them. 1 Cor. iv. 1. Let a man so 
account of us as of the ministers of Christy and steM'ards of the my- 
steries of God. 

i XVI. 1 1. Let no man despise Timothy, but conduct him as a brother. 

|( 2 Cor. viii. 7, Ye abound in love to us. 

I' Ver 24 Shew a prove of your love. 

•I Gal. iv. 14. Ye received me as an angel. 

I' Phil. ii. 2. Fulfil ye my joy. 

!; 1 Thess. v. 12. Know them which labour among you and are over 

ycu ui theLcrd, and admonish you.. 

Ver. 13. Esteem them highly in love for their works sake. Phil, ii 29c 

V. 17. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double 
honour, especially they who labour in the Avord and doctrine. 

Tit. iii. 15. Greet them who love us in the faith. 

CXL. To pray for them. Acts xii. 5. Prayer was made without 
ceasing ot the church unto God for Peter in the prison, and he was 
delivered Ver. 7. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that they would 
send forth labourers mto the harvest. 

Rom. XV. 30. I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's 
sake, and for the the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with 
me in your prayers to God for me, Ver. 31, 32. 

2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from death. 

Ver. 11. Y'ou helping together by prayer for us. Phil. i. 19, 
Phiiem. ver. 22. 

1 Thess. v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. Pleb. xiii.' 18. 

2 Tht-ss. iii. 1. Brethren pray for us, that the word of the Lord 
xnay have free course and be glorintd. 

Ver. 2. And that we nuiy be delivered from unreasonable and wick- 
ed men. 

Lph, vi 19. Pray forme, that utterance may be given to me, that I 
may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel. 

Ver. 20, That 1 may speak boidiy as I ouglit to speak. Col. iv. 5, 4. 

CXLL ^liUport them. i3cut. xii- 19. 1 ake heed that thcu forsake 
not the Levite so loi^g as thou sliait lr;e upon the carih. Ch. xiv. 29. 
—xvi. 17. 

2 Chron. xxxi, 4. Hezekiah commarided the people to give the por- 
tion of the priests and the Levites, that they miglu be encouraged in 
the law of the Lord. See Nch.xiii, 10. 11. E.:ek. xliv. 30. iMai. iii. 10. 



C-FfAP, XVir. Diaies tozuard the Bfiuistry. 423 

Matt. X. 10. Jesus said, the workman is worthy of his meat, 

1 Cor. ix. 11. Paul sui-cl, if we have sown unto you spiritual things, 
is it a. great thing if we reap your carnal things t 

V&i\ 13. Do ye not know^ that they which w^ait at the altar .are par- 
takers with the altar ? 

Ver. 14. Even so hath God ordained, that they which preach the 
gospel, should live of the gospel. See Ver. 4 to 9. Dent. xxv. 4. 

Gal. vi. 6 Let liim that is taught in tlie word, communicate to him 
that teacheth, in all good things. 

Phil. iv. 16. Paul said, ye sent once and again to my necessity. 

Ver. 17. Not because I desire a gift, but I de^sire fruit that may a- 
bound to your account. Ver 18. Heb. x. 34. 

CXLII. Desfiidng them^ avd not hearkening to their instructions, Deut. 
xvii. 2. The man that will do presumptuously, and-will not hearken to 
the priest that standeth to minister before the Lord, even that man shall 
die. 

2. Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16. The Lord sent by his messengers the pro^ 
phets, but they mocked the messengers of God and despised his 
words, and mJsused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose 
iigainst his people, and there was no remedy. Ch. vii. 25. — -xxv. 3, 4. 
— xxvi. 5 — xxix. 19. — XXXV. 5. 

Isa. XXX. 9. This is a rebellious people which will not hear the law 
of the Lord. 

Ver. 10. Which say to the seers, see not, and to the prophets, pro- 
phesy not to us right things, speak unto us smooth things. 1 Kings, 
xxii. 8. 2 Chr. xxxvi. 15, IG.^Jer. xi. 21. jMic. ii. 6. 

liii. Who hath believed our report. Ch. xlix. 4. 

Jer. ii.25. Thou saidst I have loved strangers, and after tliem I 
will go. 

V. 25. Prophets prophesy falsely, and the people love to have it so. 

vi, 10. The word of the Lord is unto them a reproach, tbey have no 
delight in it. 

Ver. 17. I set watchmen over them, saying, hearken to the sound 
of the trumpet, but they said, w-e will not hearken. 

xviii. 18. They said, come let us smite the prophet with the tongue, 
and let us not give heed to any of his words. See Ch. xxvi. 9. Lam. 
iii. 61, 62. 

Lam. iv. 16. The Lord will no more regard tliem, they respected 
not the person of the priests, they favoured not the elders. 

Ezek. iii. 7. The house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for they 
will not hearken unto me, saith the Lord. 

xxxiii. 30. The children of thy people are talking egainst thee by 
the walls, and in the doors of the houses. 

Ver 31. They come unto thee as the people conieth, and they sit 
before thee as my people, they hear my words but they wTil not do them, 

Ver. 32. Thou art to them as a lovely song of one that hath a. plea- 
sant voice, and can play well on an instrument, for they hear thy words, 
but do them not. 

Ver- 33. They shall know that a prophet hath been amon^them. 

Dan ix. 6. Vv^'e have not hearkened to thy ser\anty.j_hL' prophets 
-vhich sp:;ke in thy name. 



424- SixtJi Commandment. Chap, XVII. 

Hos. iv. 4. My people are as they that strive with tlie priest. 

Zech. vii. 11. They relused to hearken and pulled away the shoul- 
der, and stopped their ears that they should not hear the words w hich 
the Lord hath sent in his Spirit by the propliets, therefore came wrath 
from the Lord of hosts. 

Matt, xviii. 17. If one neglect to hear the church, let him be unto 
thee as an heathen man, and a publican. 

X. 1 1. Into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, shake 
the dust off your feet. 

Ver. 15. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the 
day of judgment than for that city. 

Ver. 16. He that despiseth you despiseth me. 

John i. 1 1. Christ came to his own, and his own received him not. 

iii- 1 1. Jesus said, ye receive not our witness. 

V. 43, Jesus said, I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive 
me not, if another come in his own name him ye will receive. 

xii. 48. Jesus said, he that rejecteth me and receiveth not my M^ords, 
hath one that judgeth him, the word that I have spoken, the same shall 
judge him at the last day. 

Eph. iv. 14. Be no more chidren tossed to and fro, with every wind 
of doctrine. 

1 Thess. iv. 8. He that despiseth, despiseth not men but God, who 
hath given unto us his Holy Spirit, See Matt, xxiii. 37. Luke. xiii. 34. 

2 Tim. \.l 5.Paul said, ail that are in Asia, be turned away from me. 

iv. 3. The time will come when they will not endure sound doc- 
trine, but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers 
having itching ears. 

Ver. 4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and 
shall be turned into fables. 

1 Cor. iii. 4. One saith I am of Paul, another I am of Apollos, &;c. 
Ch. i 12. 

iv. 6. Puffed up for one against another. 

CXLIII. A'^ot supporting them. Mai. iii. 9. Ye are cursed with a curse> 
for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Ver. 10. Neh. xiii. 
10, 12 

SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIV. Of Murder. Exod. xx. 13. Thou shalt not kill. Matt. xix. 
18. 1 Tim. i. 9. Death the punishment of murderers. 

Gen. ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be 
shed. Ver. 5. 

Exod. xxi. 12. He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall surely 
be put to death. Ver. 13, 14. Lev. xxiv. 17. 

Numb. XXXV. 16. The murderer shall surely be put to death. Ver. 
17, 18, 21, 30. 

Ver. 31. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a m.urderer, he 
shall surely be put to death. 

Ver. 33. Blood defileth the land, and the land cannot be cleansed 
of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 

Deut. xix. 11. If a man hate his neighbour, and he in wait for him, 
and smite bim mortally that he die, Ver. 13. Thine eye shall not pi- 
ty him., bui^ thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood. 



Chap. XVI I. Sixth CommandmenU 425 

CXLV. Cases excepted nvherein the killing of a man tvas not to be 
punished with death. Exod xxi. 20, If a man smite his servant witL 
a rod and he die under his hand, he shall be surely punished. 

xxii. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he 
die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 

Ver 3. But if the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed 
for him. 

Deut. xix. 4, Whosoever killeth his neighbour ignorantly whom 
he hated not, 

Ver. 6. He is not worthy of death. Numb. xxxv. 15, 22, 
CXLVL Threatenings against inurderers, Ps. V. 6. The Lord will 
abhor the bloody man. See Ps. li. 14. Jonah i. 14. 
Iv. 23. Bloody men shall not live half their days. 
cvi. 38. The land was polluted with blood. Ver. 40. Therefore 
the wrath of the Lord was kindled. 

cix. 3L The Lord shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save 
him from those that condemn his soul. 

Prov. vi 17. The Lord doth hate hands that shed innocent blood, 
xxviii. 17. A man that doth violence to the blood of any person, 
shall flee to the pit, let no man stay him. 

Isa. lix. 3. Your hands are defiled with blood. Ver. 7. 
Ver. 10 We are as dead men. 

Jer. ii- 34. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of 
the poor innocents. 

vii. 9. Will ye steal, murder, commit adultery, &c. 
Ver. 15. I Avill cast you out of my sight. Ver. 16. Pray not for 
this people. 

xix. 3 I will bring evil upon this place. Ver. 4. They have filled 
it with the blood of innocents Lam iv. 14, 16. 

Ezek. xxiv. 6. Woe to the bloody city. Ver. 9. Neh. iii. 1. 
xxxv. 6. As I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto 
blood, and blood shall pursue thee ; sith thou hast not hated blood, 
even blood shall pursue thee. 

Hab. ii. 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting 
off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 

Ver. 11. For the stone shall cry out the wall, and the beam out 
of the timber shall answer it. . 

John viii. 44. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. 
Gal. V, 21. The works of the flesh are, murders. James iv. 1. 
1 John iii. 15. No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 
Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers shall have their part in the lake that burn- 
eth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. 

xxii. 15. Without the heavenly Jerusalem are murderers, ^c. 
See Hos. iv, 2, 3. Matt, xxiii. 35. 

CXLV^II. Tnstaiices of the punishment oymurder.U-ponCmn, Gen. iv.5, 
24. Upon Simeon and Levi, Gen. xiix. 5, 6,7 — -xxxiv. 25? 26. Ud- 
on David, 2 Sam- 1 1th and 12th chapters, and upon Ahab, 1 Kings 
xxii. 38. Upon Manasseth, 2 Kings xxiv, 3, 4. 

CXLVIII Striking^ nvounding^ maiwing How to be pu7ushed~ 
Exod. xxi. 18 to 25. Lev, xxiv. 19. Deut. xxii. 23, 24 xxvii. 24. 



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425 Se^e?ith Commandmtnt, Chap. XVIL 

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIX. Adultery and fornication. Exod. x>:. 14. Thou shalt not 
commit adultery. Mark x. 19. Jan^es ii. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 17. There shall be no whore of the daughter of Israel. 
Lev. xix. 29. 

CL. Threatenings^ or the evil consequences of adidlary^ and fornica- 
tion., kjfc. Gen. xii. 17. 1 he Lord plagued Fharaoh and his house 
with great plagues, because of Sarai Abram's wife, \vi;o \\ as taken 
into Pharaoh's house. Ver. 15. 

XX. 2. iVbimelech took Sarah Abraham's wife. 

Ver. 3. God said to him, thou art a de;:id man, for she is a man's v/ife, 

Ver. 7. If thou restore her not thou shalt surely die. 

Ver. 9. Abimelech said to Abraham, thou hast brought on me 
and on my kingdom a great sin. Ch. xxvi. 7, 10, 11. 

XXXV. 22. Reuben lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. Ch. xlix, 
4. Jacob said, thou shalt not excel, because thou wentest up to thy 
father's bed, and didst defile it. 

Exod. xxii. 16. If a man entice a maid, that is not betrothed, and 
lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 

Ver. 17. If her father refuse to give her to him, lie shall pay mon- 
ey according to the dowry of virgins. 

Lev. xviii. 20. Thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife 
to defile thyself with her. Ver. 28. That the land spue you not out, 

XX. 10. The man that committeth adultery with another man's 
wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 
See to ver. 22. 

xxi. 7. The priest shall not take a wife that is a who"e, or profane. 

Ver. 9. And the daughter of the priest, if she profane herself by 
playing the whore, she profaneth her father, she shall be burnt. 
. Numb. V. 12. If a man's wife go aside and commit a trespass a- 
gainst him, 

Ver. 13. And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the 
eyes of her husband, and there be no witness against her. 

Ver. 19. The priest shall charge her with an oath of cursing. 
Ver. 21. 

Ver. 27. And if she be defiled, her belly shall swell, and her thigh 
shall rot. 

Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to 
an husband, they shall both of them die. 

Ver. 23. If a damsel that is a virgin, be betrothed unto an husband, 
and a man find her in the city and lie with her, 

Ver. 24. Ye shall stone them both with stones that they die, the 
damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man because 
he hathhumbled his neighbour's wife. 

Deut. xxii. 25. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field 
and force her and lie with her, then the man only shall die. 

Ver. 28. If a man find a damsel that is a virgin which is not be- 
trothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 

Ver. 29. Then the man shall e,ive unto the demsel's fati>er fifty 



Chap. XVII. Seventh CommandmenU 427 

shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled 
her, he may not put her away all his days. 

Deut. xxiii. 2. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the 
Lord even to his tenth generation. 

Ver. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of 
a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow. 
2 Sam. xii. 4. David lay with the wife of Uriah, 
xii. 1 1. See the punishment thereof 

Job xxvi. 15. The eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight say- 
ing, no eye shall see me. 

Ver. 17. The morning is to them as the shadow of death. 
Ver. 18. Their portion is cursed in the earth. 

xxxi. 9. If mine heart hath been deceived by a Vvom.an, or if I have 
laid wait at my neighbour's door ; 

Ver. 10. Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow dovt^n 
upon her. 

Ver. 1 1 . For it is an heinous crime, it is an iniquity to be punished 
by the judges. 

Ver. 12. It is a fire that consymeth to destruction, and would root 
out all mine increase. 

Prov. V. 3. The lips of a strange woman drop as an honey-comb, 
and her mouth is smoother than oil. 

Ver. 4, But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharper than a two edged 
sword. 

Ver. 5. Her feet go down to death, her steps take hold on hell. 
Ver. 6. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are 
moveable. 

Ver. 8. Remove thy way far from her, come not nigh the door of 
her house. 

Ver 9. Lest thou give thine honour to others, and thy years unto 
the cruel. 

Ver. 10. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours 
be in the house of a stranger ? 

Ver. 1 1. And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body 
are consumed. 

Ver. 20. Why wilt thou be ravished with a strange woman, and em- 
brace the bosom of a stanger? 

Ver. 21. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and 
he pondereth all his goings. 

vi. 24. Keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue 
of a strange woman. 

Ver. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her 
take thee with her eye-lids. 

Ver. 26. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a 
piece of bread, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 
Ver. 27. Can a man take fire in his bosom and not be burnt. 
Ver. 28. Can he go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt. 
Ver. 29. So he that goeth into his neighbour's wife, whosoever 
touch eth her shall not be innocent. 

Ver. 32. Whoso committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh un- 
derstanding, he that doth it destroveth his own scul. 

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428 Seventh Commandment* Chap. XVII^ 

Prov. vi. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach 
shall not be wiped away. 

Ver. 34. For jealousy is the rage of a man. Ver. 35. He will not re- 
gard any ransom. Ch. vii. 5. See the description of a whorish woman, 
and the fool taken by her snares, to ver. 2 6. 

Ver. 27. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers 
of death. 

ix. 17. She saith, stolen waters are sweet. 

V^er. 18. Bcit know that the dead are there, and that her guests are 
in the deeps of hell. 

xxii. 14- The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit, he that is ab- 
horred of the Lord shall fall therein. 

xxiii. 27. A v/hore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow 
pit. 

Ver. 28. She lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth transgres- 
sors among men. 

XXX. 20. An adulterous woman saith, I have done no wicked- 
ness. 

xxxi. 3. Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that 
which destroyeth kings. 

Eccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than death, the woman whose heart 
is snares and nets, and her hands as bands, whoso pleaseth Cod shall 
escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her. 

Jer. vii. 9. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, aud swear 
falsely, 8cc. 

Ver. 10. And come and stand before me in this house. 

Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight. 

V. 7. When I fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, 
and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots houses. 

Ver. 8. They were as fed horses in the morning, every one neighing 
after his neghbour's wife. Ch. xiii. 27. 

Ver. 9. Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord, and shall 
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? 

ix. 2. They be all adulterers. Ver. 9. Shal.l not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation ? 

xxiii. 10. The land is full of adulterers. The land m:Ourneth. 

xxix. 23. Because they have committed adultery with their neigh- 
bours wives, even 1 knoAv and am a witness, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 1 1. One hath committed abominations with his neigh- 
bour's wdfe, another hath defiled his daughter-in-law, and another hath 
■lumbied his sister. 

Ver. 14. Can thine heart endure, or thine hands be strong in tbe day 
that I will deal with thee ? 

Hos. iv. 2. By swearing and lying, and killing and stealing, and com- 
mitting adultery, ther break out. 

Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn. 

Ver. 1 1* Whoredom and wine take away the heart. 

Ver. 13. Your daughters shall comm.it whoredom, and your spouses 
shall commit adultery. 

Ver. 14. I will not punish your daughters nor your spouses ;. for 
themselves are separated v/ith whores ► 



Chap. XVI I. Seventh Commandment, 429 

Hos. vii. 4. They are all adulterers as an oven heated. 
Ver. 7. There is none among them that calleth unto me. 
Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the adulterers and false 
swearers, Sec. 

Rom. i. 28. As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, 
God gave them over to a reprobate mind. 

Ver. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, Sec. 
I Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are the temples of God. 
Ver. 17. If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. 
y. i. It is reported that there is fornication among you, and such 
fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles. 
Ver. 9. I wrote to you, not to keep company with fornicators. 
Ver. 1 1. If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, with 
such an one no not to eat. 

Ver. 1 3. Put away from among you that wicked person. 
vi. 9. Neither fornicators nor idolaters, adulterers, Sec. shall inher- 
it the kingdom of God. Ver. 10, 
Ver. 13. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord. 
Ver. 15. Know ye not that your bodies are the menibers of Christ, 
shall I make them members of an harlot ? 

Ver. 1 6. He that is joined to an harlot is one body with her. 
Ver. 18. He tii.at.committeth fornication sinneth against his own 
^ody. 

X. 8. Neither let us commit fornication as some of them did, and 
fell in one day, three and twenty thousand. Numb. xxv. 1, 9. 
2 Cor. xii. 20, I fear lest I shall not lind you such as I would. 
Ver. 21 And that I shall bewail many who have snined, and have 
not repented of their fornication, lasciviousness, Sec. 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh, are adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness. 

Ver. 21. They that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom 
of God. 

Eph. V. 5. No whoremonger nor unclean person hath an inheri- 
tance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

Ver. 6. Because of these things cometh the w'rath of God upon 
the children of disobedience. 

Col. iii. 5. Fornication, uncleanness, inordinate afrection. Sec. 
Ver. 6. For which things sake cometh the wruth of God upon the 
children of disobedience. 

1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whoremongers, Sec. 
Heb. xiii. 4. Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 

2 Pet. ii. 14. Having eyes full of adultery, cursed children. 
Jude vii. Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them, giving 

themselves over to fornication, and going after strange fiesn, are set 
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal iire. Ver. 8„ 

Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers and whoremongers, &c. shall have thejr 
pai't in the lake that burneLh with tire and brimstone, which is jh^ 
second deatli. 

xxii. 15. WirhoMt [the heavenly Jerusalem] are dogs, SQrcerera^ 
whoremongers, &c, 



430 Eighth Commandment, Chap. XVII. 

Matt. V. 28. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath 
committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

XV. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murder, adulteries, 
fornications, &c. these defile a man. Ver. 20. 

CLI. Examples^ exhortations^ promises^ Isi'c, against adult ay and 
fornication. Gen.xxxix. 7. His master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, 
and said, lie with me. Ver. 8. But he refused. Ver. 9. And said, how 
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God ? 

Jobxxxi. 1. I made a covenant with mine eyes, why then should 
I look upon a maid .* 

Ezek. xviii. 6. if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right, 
and hath not defiled his neighl)our's wife, &c. he shall live. Ver. 9. 

John viii. 4. Jesus said to the woman taken in adultery, sin no more. 

Acts XV. 20. Abstain from fornication. Ver. 29. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day, not in rioting 
and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness. 

Ver. 14. Make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

1 Cor. vi. 15. Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ. 

Ver. 18. Flee fornication. 

vii. 9. If they cannot contain, let them marry. 

ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I should be a cast-away. 

X. 8. Let us not commit fornication. 

Eph. V. 3. Fornication and all uncleanness, let it not be once nam- 
ed amongst you, as becometh saints. Ver. 4. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members which are upon the earth, for- 
nication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, &c. 

1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the will of God, even your sanctification, 
and that ye abstain from fornication. 

Ver. 4. Every one of you should know how to possess his vessel 
in sanctification and honour. 

Ver. 5. Not in the lust of concupiscence, as the Gentiles which 
know not God. 

Ver 7. God hath not called us to uncleanness, but unto holiness. 

1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for whoremongers, for them that 
defile themselves with mankind. 

2 I'im. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts. 

1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstainfromfleshly lusts which war against the soul. 

EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 

THEFT FORBIDDEN. 

CLII. Preccfits concerning fir operty^ and the use of riches in society. 
Exod. X. 15. Thou shalt not steal. Lev. xix. 1), 13. Deut. v. 19. 
Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9. Eph. iv. 28. 1 Pet. iv. 15. 

CLIII. Threateniugs against theft. Exod. xxi. 16. He that stealeth 
a man, shall surely be put to death. Deut. xxiv. 7. 1 Tim. i. 10. 

xxii. 1. If a man steal an ox or a sheep, he shall restore five oxen 
for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 

Ver. 2. If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, 
there shall no blood be shed for him. Ver. 7. If the theft be found 
in his hand he shall restore double. Ver. 7. Prov. vi. 30. 

Jos, vii. 1 1. Israel hath sinned, they have stolen and dissembled also. 



Chap. XVII. Eighth Commandment. 431 

Jos. vii. 12. Therefore they could not stand before theirenemies, &c. 

Ps. L 18. When thou savvest a thief, thou consentedst with him. 

Ver. 21, But I Avill reprove thee. 

Prov. xxix. 24. Whoso is a partner with a thief, hateth his own soul. 

XXX. 8. Feed me with food convenient. 

Ver. 9, Lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of God in vain. 

Jcr. vii. 9. Will ye s^eal, Sic. Ver. 15. I will cast you out of 
my sight. 

Hos. iv. 2. By swearing and lying, killing and stealing they breakout. 

Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn. 

Zech. V. 4. The curse (of the Lord] shall enter into the house of 
the thief, and shall consume it. 

Luke xii. So. In the heavens, where no thief approacheth. 

1 Cor. vi. 10. Neither thieves nor covetous, nor extortioners, 
shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. 

CLIV. Robbery forbidden with threat enings.l^Q.Y.^iK. 15. Thoushalt 
not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him. 

Ps. Ixii. 10. Become not vain in robbery. Ver. 12. 

Prov. xxi. 7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them. 

Isa. Ixi. 8. I the Lord hate robbery. Ch. x. 2.- — xvii. 14. 

Ezek. xxii. 28. The people have used robbery, &c. 

Ver. 31. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon 
them, saith the Lord. Ch. xviii. 10, 13. 

Amos iii. 10. They store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 

Ver. 1 1. Therefore (saith the Lord) thy palaces shall be spoiled. 

Neh. iii. 1. Woe to the bloody city, it is full of blood. 

CLV. Fraud and cheating in commerce forbidden^ Lev. xix. 11, Ye 
shall not steal, neither deal falsely. Prov. xx. 14. 

Lev. xix. oS. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in 
mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 

Ver. 36. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just 
bin shall ye have. 

XXV. 14. If thou sellest ought unto thy neighbour, or Ixiyest ought 
ofthy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another. Prov. xi. 26. 

Duet. XXV. 13. Thou shalt not have in thy bags divers weights, a 
great and a small. 

Ver. 1 4. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a 
great and a small. 

Ver. 15. Thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and 
just measure shalt thou have, that thy days may be lengthened in ths 
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Ver. 1 6. For all they that do unrighteously are an abomination to 
the Lord. 

Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a 
just weight is his delight. See Prov. xvi. 1 1.— xx. 10, 23. Hos. xii. 
7. 



14. Amos viii. 6. Mic. vi. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Hab. ii. 6. 



1 Thess. iv. 6. This is the will of God that no man go beyond or 
defraud his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the aven- 
ger of all such. 

CLV[, Concerning property in lands. The la-o thereof. Deut. xix. 14. 
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark;. 



432 Oppression forbidden^ ^c. Chap. XVII. 

Dent, xxvii. 17. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's hmd- 
fnark, and all the people shall say Amen. See Job xxiv.2. Prov. xxij. 
28. — xxiii. 10, 11. 

Exod. xxii. 5. If a man cause a field or a vineyard to be eaten, and 
shall put in his beast into another man's lield, of tiie best of his own 
vineyard and of his own field shall he make, restitution. 

Ver. 6. If a lire break out and catch in thorns, so that the stacks 
of corn, or the standing corn of the iield be consumed, he that kin- 
dled the fire shall make restitution. 

CLVII. Cojictriibig things founds lent ^ or entrusted nvith a neighbour to 
keep. The laiv thereof. Lev. vi. 1 to 6. — xxiv. 18. Exod. xxii. 9 to 16. 

OPPRESSION FORBIDDEN, &C. 

CLVIII. Oppression forbidden^ and duties to the oppressed. See 
duties of magistrates. See duties of masters, 

Ps. xlii. 10. Trust not in oppression. 

Prov. iii. 3 1 . Envy not the oppressor^ and chuse none of his ways. 

Isa. i. 17. Relieve the oppressed. 

xxxiii. 15. He that despiseth the gain of oppression. Sec 

Ver. 16. He shall dwell on high, Ezek. xviii. 5, 7, 9, 16. 

Iviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to let the oppressed 
^0 free, &c. 

Jer. xxi. 12. Believer him that is spoiled out of the hand of the 
oppressor. 

Luke iii, 13. Jesus said to the publicans, exact no more than that 
which is appointed you. 

Ver 14. To the soldiers he said, do violence to no man, and be 
content with your wages. 

CLIX. Restitution to the injured to be made. Lew vi. 5. 1 Sam. xii. 
i. Luke xix. 8. Ps. xxxvii. 21. Gen. xliii. 12. — xliv. 8. 

CLX. Threat cnings agairist oppressors. Job xxvii. 13. This is the 
heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almiglity. 

"\'er. 14. If his children be m-ukiplied it is for the SAvord, and his 
ofispririg shall not be satisfied with bread. See to ver. 19. 

Prov. XX. 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the begin- 
ning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed, 

xxii. 16. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, shall 
surely come to want. 

Ver. 22. Rob not the poor, neither oppress the afiiicted ; 

Ver. 23. For the Lord v/ill plead their cause, and spoil the soul 
of those tliat spoiled them. 

xxviii. 3. A poor man that oppresseth the poor,, is like a sweeping 
rain vvhich leaveth no food. 

Ver, 8. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, 
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 

Ver. 20. He, that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent. 

Ver. 2 2. He that hasteh to be rich, hath an evil eye, and con- 
sidereth not that proverty shall come upon him. 

Isa. V. 8. Vv'o unto them that join house to house, that lay field to 
field,- till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the 
midst of the earth. Mic> ii. 1. 



Chap. XVII. Oppression forbidden, 8?c. 433 

Isa. xvi. 4. The oppressors are consumed out of the land. 

XXX. 12. Because ye trust in oppression and perverseness, &c. 

Vcr. 13. Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach. 

xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh, &c. 

li. 23. I will put the cup of trembling into the hand of them that 
aflRict thee. 

lix. 13. In transgressing and lying against the Lordj in departing- 
away from our God ; speaking oppression and revolt, 

Ver. 15. The Lord saw it, audit displeased him, &c. 

Jer. vi. 6. This is the city to be visited (by an enemy) she is wholly 
oppression. 

xvii. 1 1 . He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them 
in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 

xxii. 17. Sfieaking of Jehoiakim. — Thine eyes and thine heart are 
not but for covetousness and oppression. 

Ver. 18. They shall not lament for him. Ver. 19. He shall be. 
buried with the burial of an ass. 

xxx. 20. I will punish all that oppress them. 

Ezek. xviii. 12. He hath opressed the poor and needy, ^c. 

Ver. 13. Hath given forth upon usury. 

Ver. 18. Hath spoiled his brother by violence, he shall die in his 
iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 2. They covet fields, and take them by violence, 

Ver. 3. Therefore, saith the Lord, ag.dnst thi^j family do I devise 
evil, Isa. v. 8. See Eccl. v. 8. also Isa- 1. 17, 18. Hos. xii. 7. 
Am. iv. 1, 2. Hab. ii. 6. Zeph. i. 9. Acts vii. 26. 1 Cor. vi. 8. 

CLXI. Prayers for thti ojijiressed. Ps. xvii. 9. Keep me from the 
wicked that oppress^ me. 

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning, because of the oppression of the ene- 
my. Ps. xiiii. 2. — Iv. 3. 

xliv. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and foi'gettest our af- 
fliction and our oppression. 

Uv. 2. Hear my prayer, O God. Ver. 3. For oppressors seek for 
my soul. 

ixxiv. 21. O let not the oppressed return v/ith shame. 

cxix. 121. Leave me not to mine oppressors. Ver. 122. 

Ver. 1 34. Deliver me from the oppression of man. 

Isa. xxxviii. 14. O Lord, raTn opprjessed, undertake for me. 

CLXII. Promises to the opfiressed. Ps. ix. 9. Tiie Lord will be a 
refuge for the oppressed. 

X. 17. Thou wilt judge the oppressed. 

xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighs of the needy, 
will I arise, saith the Lord. 

XXXV. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor 
from him that is too strong for him, and from him that spoileth him I 

Ixxii. 4. He shall save the children of the needy,, and shall break in 
pieces the oppressor. 

Ver. 14. lie shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and 
precious shall their blood be in his sight. 

ciii. 6. The Lord executeth judgment for all that are oppressed. 

cxlvi. 7. He executeth judgment for the oppressed. 



434? Duties of the Rich, bfc; Chap. XVIL 

Isa. ix. 4. Thou hast broken the rod of his oppressor, &c. 

xiv. 2. They shall rule over their oppressors. 

xix. 20. They shall cry to the Lord, because of the oppressors, and 
he shall deliver them. 

liv. 15. Thou shalt be far from oppress'on and from terror, 

Jer. 1. 33. Tbey were oppressed. 

Ver. 54. Their Redt-emer will plead their cause. See Ezek. xiv. 8. 
Zech. ix. 8. See deliverances from national oppression. Exod. iii. y. 
■Deut. xxvi. 7. Jndg. ii. 16, 18 — iv. 3. — vi. 9. and 7 th and 8th Chap, 
— z. 8, 12. — 2 Kings xiii. 4, 23. Isa. Hi. 4. 

DUTIES OF THE RICH TOWAKD THE POOTl. 

CLXIIl. Duties of the rich toward the poor. Hospitality, Rom. 
xli. 13. Given to hospitality. Yer. 8. 1 Tim. iii. 2. 

1 Pet.iv. 9. Use hospitality one toward another without grudgino". 
Ver. 10. 

Heb. xiii.2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, 
1 Tim. V. 10. If she have lodged strangers. See instances of hos- 
pitality, Gen.xviii. 1 to 19. Acts x. 23 xxviii. 7. 3 John ver. 5, 6. 

GLXIV. Lending without usury. Exod. xxii. 25. If thou lend to 
any of my people that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, 
jteither shalt thou Uj upon him usury. See Lev. xxv. ^5^ 36, 37. 
Deut. XV. 7 to 11. — xxiii. 19, 20. Ps. xv. 5. Prov. xxviii. 8. Ezek* 
xviii. 8, 13, 17 xxii. 12, 13. 

Ver. 26, If thou take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou 
shalt deliver it to him by that the sun goeth down. Deut. xxiv. 6, 
Job xxxi. 16. 

Ps. xxxvii. 26. The righteous Is ever merciful and lendeth, his 
seed is blessed. 

cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour and lendeth. Ver. 9. His 
righteousness endurcth for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9. 

Prov. iii. 28. Say not to thy neiglibour, go and come again, when 
thou hast it by thee. Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt, V. 42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that 
v/ould borrow of thee, turn not thou away. 

Acts Iv. 32. Thty that believed had all things common. 

CLXV. Gii'ing alms. Promises, Fs. xxxvii. 2U The righteous 
sheweth mercy and giveth. 

Ver. 24. The Lord upholdeth him. 

xli. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Ver. 2, 3. 

cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righte- 
ousness remaineth for ever, 1 Cor. ix. 9. 

Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance. Ver. 27. With- 
hold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power 
of thine hand to do it. 

Ver. 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, &c. 
xi. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, &c. 

Ver. 25. The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that wateretk 
^hall be watered himself also. 

xiv. 21. He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 



Chap. XVII. Duties of the Rkh^ ^c, 435 

Prov. xiv. 31. He that honoureth his Maker, hath mercy on the 
poor. 

xix. 17. He that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord, and 
that which he hath given will he repay him. 

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth 
of his bread lo the poor. 

xxviii. 2r. He that giveth to the poor shall not lack, 
xxix. 7. The righteous considereth the cause of the poor- 
Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find ic 
after many days. 

Isa. xxxii, 8. The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal 
things shall he stand. 

Iviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen (saith the Lord ?) 

Ver, 7. To deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 

poor that are cast out, to thine house, when thou seest the naked, 

that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own 

flesh. 

Ver. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord vclll answer. 
Ver. 10. If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the 
afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness 
be as the noon-day. 

Ver. 11. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy 
soul in drought, and make fat thy bones, and thou shalt be like a wa- 
tered garden, and like a spring whose waters fail not. Ver. 12. See 
Job xxxi, 16 to 20. and ver. 32. Ezek. xviii. 7. Hath given 
his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 
Ver, 9. He shall surely live, saith the Lord. 

Mark. x. 21. Jesus said, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Luke xii. 33. — xviii. 22. 
xii. 42. A poor widow threw in two mites. 

Ver. 43. Jesus said, this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. 
Ver. 44. She did cast in all that she had. 2 Cor. viii. 12. 
Luke iii. 11. Jesus said, he that hath two coats, let hira impart to 
him that hath none, and he that hath meat do likewise, 
vi. 38. Give and it shall be given unto you. 
xi. 41. Give alms of such things as you have, and behold all things 
are clean unto you. 

xiv. 13, When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 
lame and the blind. 

Ver. 14. And thou shalt be blessed, for thou shalt be recompensed 
?.t the resurrection of the just. 

xvi. 9. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteous- 
ness. 

Acts X. 2. Cornelius gave much alms to the people, and prayed to 
God always. 

Ver. 4. The angel said unto him, thy prayers and thine alms are 
come up as a memorial before God. 

XX. 35. Support ye the weak, 'tis more blessed to give than to re- 
ceive. 

Eph. iv. 28. Give to him that needeth. 
1. Tim, vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, 
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436 Promises to the Poor.- ChAP. XVH. 

I Tim. vi. 18. That they be rich in good works, ready to distri- 
bute, willing to communicate. 

Ver. 19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 

Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communicate forget not, for with 
such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

CLXVI. Jims to be done in secret. Matt. vi. 1. Do not your 
alms before men to be seen of them. 

Ver. 3. When thou docst thine alms, let not thy right hand know 
what thy left hand doth. Sec. 

Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father which 
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

Rom. xii, 8. He that giveth let him do it with simplicity. 

CLXVII. To be given to the poor of every denomination. Luke vi. 
30. Give to every man that asketh. 

Ver. 35. Love your enemies and do good, and ye shall be the chil- 
dren of the Highest, for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil. 

Ver. 36. Be ye therefore merciful as your Father is merciful. See 
an instance, chap. x. 29 to 38. 

Kom. xii. 20. If thine enemy hunger feed him. 

Gal. vi. 10. Let us do good unto all men, especially to them who 
are of the household of faith. 

GLXVIIL To be given to poor Christians especially. Matt. x. 42. 
Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup 
of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, 
lie shall in no wise lose his reward. Mark ix. 41. See above Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt. XXV. 34 to 46. See there Christ's remarkable sentence at the 
day af judgment, and the reasons given for it. 

Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the necessity of the saints. 

1 Cor. xvi. 2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you 
lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. Mark iii. 4. For it 
is lawful to do good on the sabbath. See instances of such liberality 
to Saint Paul and other saints. Rom. xvi. 2. Phil. iv. 10. 2 Tim. i. 
16, 18. Heb. vi. 10. 3 John ver. 5, 6. Collections made for the- 
saints at Jerusalem. Rom. xv. 26. 1 Cor. xvi. 3. 2 Cor. 8th and 
9th chapters. 

PROMISES TO THE POOR. 

GLXIX. Promises to the poor. Job v. 15. He saveth the poor 
from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 

Ver. 1^. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her- mouth. 

xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth 
their ears in oppression. 

Ps, ix. 18. The needy shall not always be forgotten, the expecta-- 
tlon of the poor shall not perish forever. r 

Ixviii. 10. Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the 
poor. - 

Ixix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor. 

Ixxii. 2. He iliall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor 
with judgment. 

Ver. 12. He shall deliver the needy when he crieth,the pooi^also? 
and him that hath no helper. 



C^AP.XVir. the Stranger y Widow and Fatherless, 437 

Ps. Ixx. 13. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the 
souls of the needy. 

cii. 17.. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise 
their prayer. 

cvii. 41 He setteth the poor on high from affliction, and maketh 
him families like a flock. 

cix. 31. He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him 
from those that condemn his soul. 

cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the 
needy out of the dunghill. 

cxxxii. 15.1 will satisfy her poor with bread. 

cxl. 12. The Lord will maintain the right of the poor. 

Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy 
shall lie down in safety. 

jer. XX. 13. Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord, for he hath 
delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. 

Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, son, remember, that thou in thy 
life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things, 
but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. 

James i. 9. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is ex- 
alted. 

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and 
heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him ? 
Ps. Ixxiv. 21. 

OF THE UNCHARITABLE TO THE POOR. 

GLXX. Of the uncharitable to the poor. Deut. xv. 9. Beware ci 
liai-dness of heart toward thy poor brother. Chap, xxiv, 15. 

Prov. xi.26. He that with-holdethcorn, the people shall curse him. 
, xvii. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker. 

xxi. 12. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also, 
^hall cry himself and shall not be heard. Ver. 10, 26. 

xxviii. 27. He that hideth his eyes from the pcorj shall have many 
a curse. 

Isa. xxxii. 7. The instruments of the churl are evil, to destroy the 
poor, Prov. xxiii. 7. Eat, saith he, but his heart is not with thee. 

James ii. 15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily 
food, 

Ver. 16. And one of you say unto him, depart in peace, be you 
warmed, and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things 
that be needful, what doth it profit ? 

. 1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his bro" 
ther have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, 
how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 

THE STRANGER, WIDOW AND FATHERLESS. 

CLXXI. Duties towards them, and threatenings against those that 
oppress them, Exod. xxii. 21. Thou shalt not vex a stranger nor 
oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Chap, xxiii. 
9, 12. Lev. xix. 33. 



4-38 The Stranger, Widow and Fatherless, ChAP. XVII, 

Exod. xxii. 22. Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 

Ver. 23. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto 
H]C, I will surely hear their cry. 

Ver. 24. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with 
the sword, and your children shall be fatherless. 

Lev. xix. 10. Thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt 
thou gather every grape of thy vineyard, thou shalt leave them for 
the poor and stranger. Lev. xxiv. 20, 21, — xxvi. 12. 

Ver. 34. The stranger thatdwelleth with you, shall be unto you, 
as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself. 

xxiii. 22. Wh'-n ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not 
make clean riddance of the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou 
gather any gleaning of thy harvest, thou shalt leave them unto the 
poor, and to the stranger. Chap. xxv. 6. Deut.xxiv. 19. Ruth ii.2, 3. 

Deut.i. 16. Judge righteously between every man and the stranger. 

X. 19. Love the stranger, for ye were strangers in the land of 
Egypt. Chap, xxvii. 7, 20. 

Deut. xxiv. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stran- 
ger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment to pledge. 
Chap, xxvii. 19. cursed be he that pervcrteth the judgment of the 
stranger, oi the fatherless and widow, and all the people shall say 
Amen. 

Job xxiv. 3. The wicked drive away the ass of the fatherless, and 
take the widow's ox for a pledge. 

Ver. 9. They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a 
pledge of the poor. Ver. 21. 

Ver. 23. God*s eyes are upon their ways. 

Ver. 24. They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and 
brought low, they are taken out of the way and cut oiF as the tops of 
the ears of corn. 

xxix. 12. I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and 
him that had none to help him. 

Ver. 13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon 
me, I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 

xxxi. 16. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have 
caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; 

17. If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherkss hath not 
eaten thereof ; 

Ver. 21. If I have lift up mine hand against the fatherless ; 

Ver. 22. Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade. 

Ver. 32. The stranger did not lodge in the street, but I opened 
my door to the traveller. 

Ps. xciv. 6. The proud slay the widow and the stranger, and mur- 
der the fatherless. 

Ver. 10. He that chastiseth the nations shall he not correct you ? 

Prov. xxiii. 10. Enternot into the field of the fatherless. 

Ver. 11. For their Redeemer is mighty, he will plead their cause. 

Isa. i. 17. Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

Ver. 23. They judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of 
the widow come unto them. 

Ver. 24. Therefore, saith the Lord, I will ease me of mine adver- 
saries. Jcr. V, 28, 29. 



Chap. XVIL Ninth Commandment. 439 

Isa. X. 1. Woe unto them chat decree unrighteous decrees. 
Ver. 3. That widows may be their prey, and that they may rob 
the fatherless. Mat. xxiii. 14. 

Jer. vii. 6. If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless and the 
widow. 

Ver. 7. Then will I cause you to dwell in this place. Gh. xxii. 3. 
Zech, vii. 10. 

Ezek. xxii. 7. In thee have they dealt by oppression with the stran- 
ger, they vexed the fatherless and widow, 

Ver. 15. I will scatter them among the heathen. Ver. 29, 31. 
xlvii. 22. Give the stranger his inheritance. Ver. 23. 
Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against those that oppress the 
widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his 
right, 

1 Tim. Y. 3. Honour widows that are widows indeed. 
Ver, 16. If they have widows let them relieve them. 
James i. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God, and the Fa- 
ther is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the world. See Luke iv. 25. 

CLXX.Ii.. Promises to the stranger^fatherless and widow.Deni,-KA8, 
The Lord doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widowj 
and loveth the stranger in giving him food and raiment. 

Ps. X. 1/4. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ver. 18. 
Ixviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widow is 
God in his holy habitation. 

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers, and relieveth the fa- 
therless and widow. 

Prov. XV. 25. The Lord will establish the border of the widow. 
Ezek. xi. 46.Thus saith the Lord God, although I have cast them 
far off among the heathen, and scattered them among the countries, 
yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they 
shall come. 

Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them 
alive, and let thy widows trust in me. 

Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 
Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you 
to be carried away captives ; and pray unto the Lord for it, for in the 
peace thereof shall ye have peace. See Ps. xxvii. 10. See 1 Kings 
viii. 43. 2 Chron. vi. 33. 

NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

WITNESS BEARING. 

GLXXIII. Of witness bearing, speaking truth; of falsehood, and 
other sins of the tongue, Exod. xx. 16. Thou shaltnot bear false wit- 
ness against thy neighbour. Deut. v. 20. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9. 

Numb. XXXV, 30. One witness shall not testify against any person 
to cause him to die. Deut. xvii. 6. 

Deut. xix. 15. One witness shall not rise up against any man for 
any iniquity, or for any sin that he sinneih j out of the mouth of two 
witnesses, or at the rauuth of three witnesses shall the matter be es- 
tablished. Matt, xviii. 16. 2 Cur. xiii. I. i Tun. v. 19. 



440 Ninth Commandment. -Chap. XVII. 

Deut. xix. 15. If a false witness rise up against any man, to testify 
against him that which is wrong. Ver. 17, IS. 

Ver. xix. Then shall ye do unto him, as he thought to have done 
unto his brother, so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 
Ver. 21. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, &c. 

Lev, V. 1. If a soul sin and hear the voice of swearing, and is a 
witness, whether he hath seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, 
then he shall bear his iniquity, 

Prov. vi. 16. These things doth the Lord hate : 

Ver. 19. A false witness that speaketh lies, &c, 

xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness- will ut- 
ter lies, 

Ver. 25, A true witness delivereth souls, but a deceitful witness 
speaketh lies. 

xix. 5. A false witness shall not be unpunished, Ver. 9. 

xxi. 28 .A false witness shall perish, 

xxiv. 28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without a cause. 
5ee Prov, xii. 17. — xix. 28. — xxv. 18. Matt. xv. 19. 

Instances of false witness given against Naboth. iKings xxi, 7,8:c. 
Against David. Ps. xxvii. 12. — xxxv. 1 7. Against Christ. Matt. xxvi. 
60, Against Stephen, Acts vi, 13. 

CLXXIV. Lying forbidden^ truth commanded. Lev, xix. 11. Ye 
shall not lie one to another. Zech. viii. 16, 17, 

Ps. xxxiv. 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they 
speak no guile. 1 Pet. iii. 10, 

Prov. iv. 24. A froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from 
thee. 

Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love, grow up unto Christ. 

Ver. 25. Putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neigh- 
bour. 

Col. iii. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old 
man. SeePs. xv. 2. Isa. xxxiii. 15. Prov. xii. 17. 19. 

CLXXV. Lying abhorred by God and good men. Prov. vi. 16. 
These things doth the Lord hate. Ver. 17. A lying tongue, &c. 

xii. 22, Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but they that 
deal truly are his delight. 

Job xxvii. 4. Job said, my lips shall not speak wickedness, neither 
my tongue utter deceit. 

Ps. ci. 7. David said, he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

cxix. 29. Remove far from me vanity and lying. 

Ver. 163. I hate and abhor lying. 

Prov. viii. 7. Wisdom said, my mouth shall speak truth, wicked- 
ness is an abomination to my lips. 

xiii. 5. A righteous man hateth lying. 

Isa. Ixiii. 8, My people (saith God) are children that will not lie, 

CLXXVL Satan and his children are liars, John viii. 44. The de- 
vil abode not in the truth, he is a liar and the father of it. Ver. 45- 

Acts V. 3. Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy 
Ghost ? See Isa. xxviii. 15, 17. — lix. 3, 4. Jer. xxiii. 14. 

CLXXVll. Threatenings and prayers against liars, Ps. v. 6. Thou 
shalt destroy them that speak leasing. 



Chap. XVII. Ninth Commandment, 441 

Ps. xxxi. 18. Let lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous 
things, proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. 
xxxvi. 1. There is no feair of God before his eyes. 
Ver. 3. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. 
Ver. 12. They are cast down, they shall not arise. Ps. x. 7. 
1« 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth de- 
ceit. 

Ver. 21.1 will reprove thee, saith the Lord, 
lii. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief like a sharp razor working 
deceitfully. 

Ver. 3. Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to 
speak righteousness. 

Ver. 4, Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful 
tongue. 

Ver. 5» God shall destroy thee for ever. 

Iv, 21, The Avords of his mouth were smoother than butter, but 
war was in his heart, his words were softer than oil, yet were they 
drawn swords. Ver. 12, 13, 15. 

Ver. 23. Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of de- 
struction. 

Ps, Iviii. 3. The wicked are estranged from the very womb, they 
go astray speaking lies. 

Ver. 4. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent. Ps. cxl. 3, 9. 
Ver. 6. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. 
Ver. 7. Let them melt away like waters. 

lix. y. They belch out with their mouth, swords are in their lips, 
Ver. 12. For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, 
let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which 
they speak. 

Ver. 13. Consume them in wrath. 

Ps, Ixii. 4. They delight in lies, they bless with their mouth, but 
they curse inwardly. Ver. 3. Ye shall be slain all of you. 
Ixiii. 11. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 
cix. 2. They have spoken against me v/ith a lying tongue, let them 
be condemned. 

cxx. 3. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done 
unto thee, thou false tongue. 

Ver. 4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 
Prov. X. 18. He that hideth hatred with lying lips is a fool. 
xii. 13, The wicked is snared with the transgression of his lips. 
Ch.- xvii. 20. 

Ver. 19. A lying tongue is but for a moment. 
xvii. 7. Lying lips become not a prince. 

xix. 5 . He that speaketh lies shall not escape, he shall perish, Ver. 9. 
Ver. 22. A poor man is better than a liar. Ver. 1. — Ch. xix. 1. 
xxi. 6. Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to 
and fro of them that love death. 

xxvi. 18. As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and 
death. 

Ver. 19. So is he that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, am not 
I in sport. 



442 Ninth Commandment, Chap. XVII. 

Prov. xxvi. 23, Lying lips and a -wicked heart are like a potsherd 
covered over with silver dross. Ver. 24, 25, 26, 28. 

Isa. Ivii. 11. Of whom hast thou been afraid, that thou hast lied, 
and hast not remembered me, saith the Lord. 

lix. 2. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, 
and your sins have hid his face from you. 

Isa. lix. 3. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers 
with iniquity, your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath mutter- 
ed perverseness. Ver. 12, 13, 14, 15. 

Jer. ix. 3. They will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not 
speak the truth, they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and 
"Weary themselves to commit iniquity, 

Ver. 7. Therefore, thus saich the Lord of hosts, behold I will melt 
them and try them. 

Ver. 8. Their tongue is as an arrow shot out, it speaketh deceit : 
one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart 
he layeth his wait. 

Ver. 9. Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord ; 
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? 

Hos. iv, 1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of 
the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of 
God in the land. 

Ver. 2. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, they 
break out. 

Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn. 
I Tim. iv. 2. Seducing spirits speaking lies in hypocrisy. 
Rev. xxi. 8. Liars shall have their portion in the lake that burn- 
eth with fire and brimstone. 

Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter into heaven any thing that 
defilethor worketh abomination, or that maketh a lie. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs and sorcerers, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. See Acts v. the death of Ananias and Sapphira. 

CLXXVIII. The words of tht ivicked^ injurious and offensive, 
Ps, V, 9. There is no faithfulness in their mouth, their throat is an 
open sepulchre. 

Ver. 10. Destroy them, O God. 
xxii. 7. They shut out the lip, they shake the head. 
lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth, swords are in their lips, 
for who (say they) doth hear us? 

Ver. 8. Thou, O God, shalt laugh at them. Ps. Ixiv. 3. — Ixix. 26. 
Ps. cxl. 3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent, ad- 
ders poison is under their lips. 

Ver, 9. Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 
Prov. xii. 8. There is that speaketh like the piercing of a sword» 
but the tongue of the wise is health. 

xvi. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is 
a burning fire. Ver. 50. 

xvii. 4, A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips, and a liar giv- 
eth ear to a naughty tongue. Ver. 7. 

xviii. 6. .Afocl';. lips enter iiuo contention, and his mouth calieth 
for strokes. 



Chap. XVlI. Talkativeness, M3 

Prov. xviii. 7. His mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the 
snare of his soul. 

xxiv. 2. Their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of 
mischief. 

Eccl. X. 12» The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but; 
the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 

Lain. iii. 62. Thou hast heard the lips of those that rise up against 
mc. 

Matt. xii. 34. How can ye, being evil, speak good things. 

Vcr. 35. An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth 
forth evil things. 

Matt. xii. 37. By thy words thou shalt be condemned. 

XV. 18. The things that proceed out of the mouth, come forth 
from the heart and defile the man. 

1 Cor. XV. 3. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 
James iii. 5. The tongue is a little member and boasteth great 

things. 

Ver. 6. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, it defileth the 
whole body. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Pet. ii. 12. Those as natural brute beasts, speak evil of those 
things they understand not. 

GLXXIX. Words of the wicked against God. Jude ver. 14. The 
Lord Cometh with ten thousands of his saints ; 

Ver. 15. To execute judgment, and to convince all that are ungod- 
ly of their ungodly speeches which they have ungodly spoken against 
him. 

CLXXX. Evil speaking.Vs. xii. 3. The Lord shall cut off the tongue 
that speaketh proud things. 

Ver. 4. Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail, our lips 
are our own, who is Lord over us ? 

Ps.xli. 5. Mine enemies speak evil of me. Ver. 6. 

L 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil. Ver. 21. I will reprove thee 
saith God. 

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath and clamour, and evil 
speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 

Tit. iii. 2. Speak evil of no man. Ver. 6. Be not brawlers, 1 Pet. 
iii. 9. ^ 

James iv. 11. Speak not evil one of another. 

1 Pet. ii. 1. Laying aside all malice, and all guile and hypocrisies 
and envies, and evil-speaking. Ver, 2. As new born babes desire the 
sincere milk of the word. 

1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love life and see good days, let him re- 
frain his tongue from evil. Ps. xxxiv. 13. See Ps. cxl. 11. 

TALKATIVENESS. 

CLXXXI. Talkativeness^ rashness with the tongue. Job v. 2. 
Should a man of much talk be justified ? 

xlii. 3. Job said,who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge ? 
therefore have 1 uttered that I understood net, things too wonderful 
forme, v/hich I knev/ not. 

Ps. cvi.33.They provoked Moses' spirit, so that he spake unadvi- 
sedly with his lip. 

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44* TaU-bearing. - C«AP. XVIL 

Prov. X. 8. A prating fool shall fall. 

Ver. 19. In the multitude of words there wanteth not »in, hut he 
that refraineth his lips is wise. Job xiii. 5. 

Prov, xiii. 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepcth his life, but he 
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 

xiv. 23. The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 

xvii. 27. He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Job xiii. 5. 

Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is accounted wise.. 

xviii. 13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is 
folly and shame to him. 

xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his 
soul from trouble. 

xxix. 1 1 . A fool uttereth all his mind, but a wise man keepeth it 
till afterward. 

Ver. 20. Seest thou a man hasty in his words, there is more hope 
of a fool than of him. 

£cd. iii. 7. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. 

v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth. 
'■• Ver. 3. A fool's voice is known by the multitude of words. 

I': Eccl. X. 14. A fool is full of words. 

i Amos v. 13. The prudent shall keep silence in the evil time. 

'■■ [ Mic. vii. 5. Keep the door of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy 

^ bosom. 

James i. 19. Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak. 

Ve>. 26. If any man among you seemeth to be religious and bri* 
dieth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain. 

FLATTERY. 

CLXXXII. Flattery. Job. xvii. 5. He that speakcth flattery to 
his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 

xxxii. 21. Let me not accept any man's person, neither give flat- 
teringtitles to men. 1 Thess. ii. 5. 

Ver. 22. In so doing my Maker would soon take me away. 

Ps. v. 9. They flatter with their tongues. Ver. 10. Destroy them 
OGodi Ps. xli.6. 

xii. 2. With flattering lips and a double heart they do speak. 

Ver. 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips. 
. Ixxyiii. 36. They did flatter God with their mouth and lied un- 
to him. 

Ver 37. For their heart was not right with him. Isa. xxix. 13. 

Prov. xxi 19. Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 

xxvi. 28. A flattering mouth worketh ruin. 

xxix. 5. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his 

feet. See Prov. ii. 16. — vi. 24.— vii. 21 xxviii. 23. Ezek. xii. 

24. Dan. xi. 21, 32, 34. 

TALE-PEARING. 

GLXXXIII. Tale-bearing. Lev. xix. 16. Thou shalt not go up 
•and down as a tale-bearer among thy people. 



Chap. XVII. Reproach. 445 

Prov. xi. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth secrets, but he that is of a. 
faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 

xvii. 9. He that covercth a transgression seeketh love, but he that 
repcateth a matter separateth very friends. 

xviii. 8. The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, they go down 
into the innermost parts of the belly. Chap. xxvi. 22. 

XX. 19. He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets, 
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips, 

xxvi. 20. Where there is no tale-bearer the strife ceaseth. 

WHISPERING. 

CLXXXIV. Whispering, Ps. xli. 7. All that hate me whisper 
together against me. 

Prov. xvi. 28. A whisperer separateth chief friends, 

Roni. i. 29. The wicked are full of envy, murder, debate j whis- 
perers. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be among you whisperings, swcl* 
lings, See. 

BACK-BITING. 

CLXXXV. Back-biting, Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall abide in thy 
tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill. 

Ver. 3. He that back-biteth not with his tongue. 
. Prov, XXV. 23. An angry countenance driveth away a back-biting 
tongue. 

Rom. i. 28. The wicked have a reprobate mind. Ver. 29. Filled 
with all unrighteousness. Ver. 30. Back-biters, &c. Sec 2 Cor. xii. 20. 

SLANDERING, &C. 

CLXXXVI. Slandering^ l^c. Ps. ci. 5. Whoso privily slandereth 
his neighbour, him will I cut off. 

Prov. X. 8. He that uttereth a slander is a fool. 

Ps. xxxi. 13. I have heard the slanders of many, while they take 
counsel against me. 

!. 20. Thou slanderest thy own mother's son. 
. Ver. 21. I will reprove thee, saith God. 

Jer. vi. 28. Grievous revellers, walking with slanders, 

ix. 4. Every neighbour will walk with slanders. Ver. 7, 

1 Tim.iii. 11. Deacons* wives must not be slanderers. See Ps. 
xxxi. 13. Rom. iii. 8. 

REPROACH. 

CLXXXVII. Prayers and complaints against it. Neh. iv. 4. Hear, 
O our God, for we are despised, turn their reproach upon their own 
head and give them for a prey. 

Job. xvi. 10. They have smitten me reproachfully. 

Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men and despised of the people. 

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, and especi- 
ally among my neighbours. 

xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all mine enemies, make me not the re» 
proach of the foolish. 



44-6 Reproci£h. ChAP. XVII. 

Ps. xlii. 10. As with a sword in my bones mine enemies reproach 
me. 

xllv. 13. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn, 
and a derision to them that are round about us. 

Iv. 12. It was not an enemy that reproached me, then 1 could 
have borne it. Ver. 15. Let death seize upon them. 

Ixix. 7. For thy sake, I have borne reproach, Sec. 

Ver. 9 . The reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen 
upon me. Rom. xv. 3. 

Ver. 10. When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting that 
was to my reproach. 

Ver. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, my shame and dishonour. 

Ver. 23. Let their eyes be darkened. 

Ixxiv. 10. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach. 

Ver. 18. Remember that. the enemy hath reproached, O Lord. 

Ixxix. 4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn 
and derision to them that are round about us. 

Ver. 12. Render unto our neighbours seven-fold, into their bosom, 
their reproach. 

Ixxxix. 41. Me is a reproach to his neighbours. 

Ver. 50. Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, 

Ver. 51. Wherewith thine enemies have reproached. 

cii. 8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day. 

cix. 25. I became also a reproach unto them. Ver. 26. Help me, 
O Lord, my God. 

cxix. 22. Remove from me reproach and contempt, 

Ver. 39. Turn away my reproach which I fear. 

Lara.iii. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all 
their imaginations against me. 

Ver. 64. Render unto them a recompense, O Lord. 

Joel ii. 17. Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage, 
to reproach. 

CLXXXVIIL. Reproach. God will bring it upon the wicked. Jer. 
xxiv. 9. I will deliver them to be removed into all kingdoms of the 
earth, for their hurt, to be a reproach, and a taint, and a curse in all 
places whither I shall drive them. Chap. xxix. 18. — xlii. l8.-r-xliv. 
12. Ezek. V. 14, 15.— xxii. 4. 

Isa. xliii. 27. Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have 
transpjressed against me. 

xliii. 28. Therefore have 1 profaned the princes of the sanctuary, 
and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. 

Dan. ix. 16. For the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy 
people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 

CLXXXIX. Reproach. Promises against it. Ps. Ivii. 3. He shall 
save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me op. 

Isa.li. 7. Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of 
their revilings, for the moth shall cat tnem, 8cc. Ver. 8. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 3. Ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an 
infamy of the people. Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the heathen tha". • 
are about you shall bear their shame. 

Joel ii. 19, I will no more make you a reproach. 



Chap. XVII. Evil Commuhuatms. 44*7 

Zeph. ii. 8. I have heard the reproach of Moab, arid the revilings 
of the children of Ammon. 

Ver. 9. As I live, saith the Lord God of Israel, surely Moab shall 
be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha. Ver. 10, 1 L 

Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, saith Christ, when men shall reproach 
you for my sake. 

2 Cor. xii. 10. I take pleasure in reproaches for Christ. Heb.x. 3, 

1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy 
are ye. See Job. v. 21. Ps. xxxi. 20. — cxx. 2. 

REVILING. 

CXC. Reviling practised by the wicked.^ and endured by the godly, 
Exod. xxii. 28. Thou shall, not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler 
of thy people, Acts xxiii. 4, 5. 

1 Cor. vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
revilers, &c. shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

Matt. v. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, Sec. 

xxvii. 39. They that passed by reviled Christ. 

Mark XV. 32. They that were crucified with him reviled him, 

John ix. 28. The Pharisees reviled him whose eyes Christ opened. 

1 Cor. iv. 12. Being reviled we bless. 

1 Pet. ii. 23. Christ when he was reviled, reviled not again. Sec Isa, 
ii. 7. Zeph. ii, 8. in the foregoing section. 

RAILING. 

CXCI. Railing. 2 Cor. v. 11. Keep not company with a railer. 
1 Tim. vi. 4. Strifes of words whereof cometh envy, strife, rail- 
ings, &c. 

1 Pet. iii. 9. Love as brethren ; not rendering railing for railing. 

2 Pet.ii. 11. Angels bring not a railing accusation against the 
wicked. 

Jude ver. 9. The angel durst not bring a railing accusation against 
the devil. Ver. 13. 

Instances of the ivicked^s railing. Senacherib, 2 Chron. xxxii. 17. 
Nabal, 1 Sam. xxv. 14. Persons at Christ's crucifixion, Mark xv, 
29. A malefactor, Luke xxiii. 39. 

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS. 

C^Cll. .Evil communications. Isa.ix. 17. Every mouth speaketh 
folly. God's anger is not turned away. Sec. 

1 Cor. XV. 33. Be not deceived, evil communications corrupt good 
manners. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace unto the hearers. 

V. 3. Fornication and uncleanness, let it not be once named a- 
mongstyou. 

Ver. 4. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking or jesting, which 
are not convenient, 



**a ThiRightms: Ghap.XVII; 

Matt. xii. 36. For every idle word, that men shall speak, they shall 
give an account thereof in the day of judgment. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, blasphemy, filthy com- 
munications out of your mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with grace. 
V 2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy convcr-. 

H^fl sation of the wicked. See Isa. ix. 17. 

*"P' CXCIIL Unprofitable disputes about religion, 1 Tim. i. 4. Neither 

give heed to fables which minister questions rather than godly edi- 
fying. See 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14, 16, 17. Tit. iii. 9. 

^^IR CURSING. 

CXCI V, Cursing forbidden iri scripture^ and avoided by the righte- 
ous. 

Exod. xxii. 28, Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people. 
Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling- 
block before the blind. 

Job ixxxi. 30. Job said, neither have I suffered my mouth to sin, by 
wishing a curse to his soul that hated me. 

Eccl. X. 20. Curse not the king in thy thought, curse not the rich. 

Matt. V. 44. Bless them that curse you, Rom. xii. 14. Bless and 
curse not. 

James iii. 9. Out of the same mouth procecdeth blessing andcurisihg. 

Ver. 10. These things oUght not to be so. 

GXCV. Cursing practised by the wicked. Gen. xii. 3. I will curse 
him that curseth thee. Chap, ixvii. 29. 

Judg. xvii. 2. Micah's mother cursed about her silver. 

2 Sam. xvi. 5. Shimei cursed David. Ver. 12. He is punished. 1 
Kings ii. 8, 46, 

Ps.x. 7. The mouth of the wicked is full of cursing* 

lix. 12. For the sin of their mouth, for cursing and lying consume 
them in wrath. Ver. 13. Ps. Ixii. 4. 
: cix. 17. As he loved cursing let it come unto him. 

Ver. 28. Let them curse, but bless thou. 

Prov, xxvi. 2. The curse causeless shall not come. 

xxix. 24. The wicked heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 

Isa. viii. 21. The wicked shall fret themselves and curse their king 
and their God. 

Jer. V. 10. Every one of them doth curse me wrongfully. 

xxiii. 10. Because of cursing the land mourneth. 

'Matt. xxvi. 74. Peter began to curse and to swear, when he denied 
his master. 

Acts xxiii. 12. The Jews bound themselves with a curscj nehher 
to eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul. 

Sec Numb. xxii. 6 to 17 xxiii. i to 25. De«t. xxiii. 4. Jos. 

xxiv. 9. Neh. xiii. 2. Where Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel. 

THE RIGHTEOUS. 

CX(;:VI. The righteous^ their care of their words. Job ii. 10. 
Ih all this Job sinried not with his lips. 

xxvii. 4. Job said, my lips shall not speak wickedness. 



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Job xxxiii. 3. My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, 

Ps. xxxix. 1. David said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin 
not with, my tongue, I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the 
wicked is before mc. 

cxli. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of 
my lips. 

Proy. viiL 6. Wisdom saith, the opening of my lips shall be right 
things. 

xvi. 23. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth 
learning to his lips, 

Mai. ii. 6. Iniquity was not found in Levi's lips. 

CXGVII. They praise God with their mouths. Ps. xvii. 1. My 
prayer goeth not out of feigned lips. 

xl. 9. I preached righteousness, I refrained not my lips. 

Ixiii. 3. My lips shzill praise thee. 

Ixvi. 14. I will pay my vows which my lips have uttered when I 
was in trouble. 

Ixxi. 23. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee. 

cxix. 13. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy 
mouth. 

Ver. 171. My lips shall utter praise when thou hast taught mc thy 
statutes. 

Hos, xiv, 2. We will render the calves of our lips. 

Heb. xiii. 15. Let us offer the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to 
his name. See Mai. iii. 16. Matt. xiii. 52. 

CXCVIII. The ivordsofthe righteous, the just, is^c. toward men* 
Job vi. 25. How forcible are right words, Prov. xv. 23. Eccl. xii. 
10,11. 

Ps. xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and 
his tongue talketh of judgment. 

Proy. X. 1 1. The mouth of the righteous is a well of life. 

Ver. 13. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is 
found. 

Ver. 20. The tongue of the just is as choice silver. 

Ver. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for 
want of wisdom. 

Ver. 31. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom, but the 
froward tongue shall be cut out. 

Ver. 32. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but 
the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 

Ver. 14. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his 
mouth. Chap. xiii. 2. 

Ver. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercing of a sword, but- 
the tongue of the wise is health. 

xiv. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of 
the wise shall preserve them. 

XV. 1. A soft answer turneth away v/rath, but grievous words stir 
up strife. 

Ver. 2. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright, but the 
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Prov. XV. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverse- 
ness therein is a breach in the spirit, 

Ver. 7. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of 
the foolish doth not so, 

Ver. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer, but the 
mouth of the foolish poureth out evil things. 

xvi. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love 
him that speaketh right. 

Ver. 21. The sweetness of the lips increaseth knowledge. 

Ver. 24. Pleasant words are as an honey-comb, sweet to the soul 
and health to the bones. 

xviii. 20. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his 
mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 

Ver. 2 I. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they 
that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 

Prov, XX, 15. The lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 

xxii. 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his 
lips the king shall be his friend. 

Ver. 17. Hear the words of the wise, they shall be fitted in thy 
lips. Ver. 18. 

xxiii. 16. My reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things. 

xxiv. 26. Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. 

Eccl. vii. 19. The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more 
than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 

X. 12. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips 
of a fool will swallow up himself. Ver. 13, 14. 

Matt. V. 37. Let your communications be yea, yea, nay, nay, for 
whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 

xii. 55. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bring- 
eth forth good things. 

xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into the kingdom of heaven, is 
like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of 
his treasure things new and old. 

Luke iv. 22. Gracious words proceeded out of Jesus mouth. 

Eph. iv. 29, Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace unto the hearers. 

V. 3. Fornication and all uncleanness, let it not be once named a- 
mongst you. 

Ver. 4. Neither filthiness nor foolish talking, and jesting, which 
are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks. 

Col. iii. 8. Put filthy communications out of your mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, 
that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 

James i. 26. If any man seem to be religious, andbridletb not-his 
tongue, that man's religion is vain. 

iii. 2. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. 



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TENTH COMMANDME^^T. 

COVETOUSNESS. 

CXCIX. Of conetousness, Exod. xx. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor 
his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any 
thing that is thy neighbour's. Deut. xv. 21. Rora. vii. 7. — xiii. 19.^ 

Ps. cxix. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 
covetousness. 

1 Cor. V. 11. I have written to you, if any one that is called a 
brother be covetous, &c. with such an one no not to eat. 

Eph. V. 3. Covetousness, let it not be once named among you as 
becometh saints. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members, and covetousness,which is idola- 
try. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness. 

CC. Threatenings against covetous persons. Ps.x. 3. The wicked 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

Isa. Ivii. 17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and 
smote him. 

Jer. vi. 12. Their houses shall be turned unto others with their 
fields. 

Ver. 13. For from the least of them even to the greatest, every 
one is given to covetousness. Ch. viii. 10. 

xxii. 17. Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetous- 
ness. 

Ver. 18. Therefore, saith the Lord, they shall not lament him. 

Ver. 1©. He shall be buried with the burial of an ass. 

li. 13.0 Babylon, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covet- 
©usness. 

Mic. ii. l.Woe unto them, they covet fields and take them by vi- 
olence. 

Hab. ii. 9. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his 
house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered 
from the power of evil. 

Mark vii. 22. Thefts, covetousness. Sec. Ver. 23. Defile the man. 

Rom. i. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, covetousness, &c. 

Ver. 34. They that commit such things are worthy of death. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God. 

Ver. 10. Neither thieves nor covetous shall inherit the kingdom 
of God. 

Eph. v. 5. No covetous man hath any inheritance in the kingdom 
of Christ and of God. See Ezek. xxxiii. 28, 31. 

See instances of covetous persons punished. Balaam, Numb. Chap. 
xxii. and xxiii. Compare 2 Pet. ii. 15. Jude ver. 11. Rev. ii. 14. 
His death, Numb, xxxi. 8, 16. Achan, Jos. vii. 5 to 25. Ahab, 
I Kings xxi, 1 to 16, 19, &c. 2 Kings ix. 25. 

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CCI. An insatiable desire of riches. Prov. xv. 37. He that is gree- 
dy of gain troubleth his own house. 

xxvii. 20. Hell and destruction is never full, so the eyes of man are 
never satisfied. 

Eccl. IV. 8. There is one alone, and there is not a second, yea he 
hath neither child ncr brother, yet there is no end of his labour, nei- 
ther is his eye satisfied with riches, neither saith he for whom do I 
labour and bereave my soul of good? this is also vanity, it is a sore 
travel. 

V. 10. He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver, nei- 
ther he that loveth abundance with increase. 

CCn. Threats against unjust measures of acquiring riches. Prov. 
i. 18. They lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily for their 
own lives. 

Ver. 19. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain, 
which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 

Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world 
and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his 
soul Job xxvii. 8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though 
he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul ? Ver. 9. Will God 
hear his cry when trouble conieth upon him ? 

1 Tim. vi. 9. They that will be rich fall into temptation and a 
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in 
destruction and perdition. 

Ver. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil, which 
while some coveted after they have erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with many sorrows. 

Ver, 11. But thou, O man of God, flee these things. See James 
iv. 13, 16. 

CCIII. Riches are not a lasting possession. Prov. xxiii. 5. Riches 
make themselves wings and fly away, 

xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever, and doth the crown endure to 
every generation ? 1 Cor. vi. 13. 

Matt. vi. 19. They are treasures which moth and rust do corrupt, 
and which thieves break through and steal. 1 Tim. vi. 17. They 
are uncertain. 

xiii. 22. They are deceitful. Mark iv. 9. Heb, x. 34. Ye have in 
heaven a better and an enduring substance. 

CCIV, Riches cannot be carried hence to the other world. Ps. xlix. 
16. Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house 
is increased ; 

Ver. 17. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away, his glory 
shall not descend after lum. 

Eccl. V. 15. As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall 
he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, 
which he may carry away in his hand. 

Job i. 21. Naked came 1 out of my mother's womb, and naked 
shall I return. 

1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this world, and it is cer- 
tain we can carry nothing out. 

CCV. Possessing riches but not using them, the iranity thereof Vto\. 
xiii. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing. There is 



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that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. Eccl. vi. 1, 2. — 
ii. 26. 

CeVI. Riches are attended nvith care and trouble in life. Eccl. ii. 
4. I made me great works, I builded me houses, I planted me vine- 
yards, 8cc. to ver. 10, 

Ver. 11. I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought^ 
and on the labour that I had laboured to do, and behold all was va- 
nity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit. 

Eccl, ii. 22. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vex- 
ation of his spirit wherein he hath laboured ? 

Ver. 23. For all his days are sorrows and his travel grief, yea, 
his heart taketh not rest in the night. 

Eccl. V. 11. When goods increase^ they are increased that eat 
them, and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the be- 
holding of them with their eyes ? 

Ver. 12. The abundance of the rich will not suffer them to 
sleep. 

Ver. 13. I have seen riches kept for the owners thereof to their 
hurt. 

Ver. 16. What profit hath he that laboureth for the wind ? 

Ver. 17. All his days he eateth in darkness, and hath much sorrow 
and wrath with his sickness. 

Prov. XV. 6. In the revenues of the wicked is trouble. 

Eccl. ix. 11. Riches are not to men of skill, Sec. 

Prov. xxii. 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. 

CCVII. Riches recommend no man to the favour of God. Job 
xxxiv. 19. God accepteih not the persons of princes, nor regardetli 
the rich more than the poor. 

xxxvi. 19. Will he esteem thy riches? no not gold, nor all the 
forces of strength. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. 

xxii. 2. The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the ma- 
ker of them all. 

Ezek. vii. IS. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to de- 
liver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. Zeph. i, 18. 

Mark xii. 41. Many that were rich cast in much into the trea- 
sury of the temple. 

Ver. 42. A poor widow cast in two mites, which make a farthing. 

Ver. 43. Jesus said, this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. 

Ver. 44. For they did cast in of their abundance, but she did cast 
in all that she had, even all her living. 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the 
rich he hath sent empty away. See the parable of the rich fool. 
Luke xii. 20. 8cc. And of the rich man and Lazarus. Luke xvi. 
29 to 25. 

CCVIIL The advantages ivhich one man hath over another hy 
means of riches. Prov. x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong 
city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty. Chap, xviii. 11. 

xiii. 8. The ransom of a man's life are his riches. Eccl. vii. 12. 

xiv. 20. The poor is hated even of his neighbour, but the rich 
hath many friends. Chap. xix. 4, 

Ver, 24. The crown of the wise is their riches. 





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Eccl. ix. 16. The poor man's wisdom is despised. Ver. 16. And 
his words are not heard. 

Prov. xxii. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is 
servant to the lender. 

xviii. 23. The poor useth intreaties, but the rich answercth 
roughly. 

CCIX, Trusting in riches and abusing tkem, the sin of the wicked^ 
and avoided by the good. Job xxxi, 24. If I have made gold my 
hope, or have said to the fine gold thou art my confidence. 

Ver. 25. If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because 
mine hand had gotten much. 

Ver. 28. I should have denied the God that is above. 

Ps. xlix. ^. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves 
in the multitude of their riches. 

Ver. 7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor 
give to God a ransom for him. Ver. viii. 14. 

lii. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever. Ver. 7. Lo this is the man 
that made not God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his 
riches. 

Ixii. 10. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 

Prov, xi. 28. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall. 

x. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and a high wall 
in his own conceit. Chap, xviii. 11. 

xxvii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own conceit. 

Jer. ix. 23. Thus saith the Lord, let not the wise man glory iu 
his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not 
the rich man glory in his riches. 

Mark x. 24. How hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter 
into the kingdom of God ! Ver. 25. 

1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they 
be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living 
God who giveth us rickly all things to enjoy. 

James ii. 6. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the 
judgment seat ? 

OCX. Riches take the heart and thoughts ojr from God and religion, 
Deut. viii. 12. Beware lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and 
when thy herds and thy flocks are multiplied, and thy silver and thy 
gold is multiplied, then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the 
Lord thy God, and thou say in thine heart, my power and the m.ight 
of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. Ver. 13, 14, 17, 18. 

xxxii. 13. The Lord made Jacob ride on the high places of the 
earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields, and he made hira 
to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. 

Ver 14. Butter of kine and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and 
rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of 
wheat, and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 

Ver. 15. But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked ; thou art waxen fat, 
thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook 
God which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salva- 
tion. 

Hos. ii. 8. She did not know that I gave her corn and wine and 
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Hos. ii. 9. Therefore will I return and take away my corn, &c, 
Ezek. xvi. 6 to 20. 

Amos viii. 5. The wicked say when will the Sabbath be gone, that 
we may set forth wheat. 

Matt. viii. 31. Those who lost their swine entreated Jesus to de- 
part out of their coasts. 

xiii 22. The cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches 
choak the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 

xix. 21. Jesus said to the young inan, if thou wilt be perfect, go 
sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure 
in heaven, and come and follow me. 

Ver. 22. When the young man heard that saying, he went away 
sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 

Ver. 24. Jesus said, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye 
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Markx. 23, 24. 

xxii. 2. Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 
king which made a marriage for his son ; 

Ver. 3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden 
to the wedding, and they would not come. 

Ver. 5. They made light of it, and went their ways, one to 
his farm, another to his merchandise. Luke xiv. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 

Luke xvi. 14. The Pharisees, who were covetous, heard these things 
spoken by Christ against covetousness, and derided him. 

Acts vi. 18. Those who lost their worldly gain by Paul's casting 
out a spirit of divination, raise a tumult against him. 

xix 24. Demetrius and his craftsmen do the same, for his preach- 
ing against idolatry by which they had their wealth. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Satan is called the god of this world. Luke v. 4. 
He tempted Christ with riches to worship him. 

Phil, iii, 19. The wicked whose end is destruction, mind earthly 
things. 

1 Tim. vi. 10. The love of money is the root of all evil, which 
while some coveted after they have erred from the faith. 

2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present 
world. 

James iv. 4. Whosoever will be the friend of the world is the ene- 
my of God. 

1 John iv. 4. They are of the world, therefore speak they of the 
world, and the world heareth them. See Prov. xxx. 9. Hab. i. 16. 

CCXi. The ivicked rich man^ his portion* Job xx. 15. He hath 
swallowed down riches, and shall vomit them up again, God shall cast 
them out of his belly. 

xxvii. 16. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare rai- 
ment as the clay. Hab. ii. 6. 

Ver. 17. He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the 
innocent shall divide the silver. 

Ver, 19, The rich man shall lie down but he shall not be gathered, 
he openeth his eyes and he is not. Ver. 20, 23. 

Ps. xvii. 14. O Lord deliver my soul from men of the world, which 
have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy 
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Ps. xxxix. 6. He heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall 
gather them. 

Ixxiii. 3. I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity 
of the wicked. 

Ver. 7. Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than 
their hearts could wish. 

Ver. 12. These are the ungodly, they prosper in the world, they 
increase in riches. 

Ver. 17. I went into the sanctuary of God, then I understood 
their end. 

Ver. 18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places, thou castedst 
them down into destruction. Ps. xxxvii. 1. Job xxi. 7. Jer. xii. 1. 
Hab. i. 4. 

Luke vi. 24. Woe unto you that are rich, for ye have received 
your consolation. 

xvi. 19. A rich man clothed in purple and fine linen, fared sump- 
tuously every day. 

Ver. 22. He died. Ver. 23. In hell he lift up his eyes being in 
torment, &c. 

Jam. i. 10. As the flower of the grass, the rich man shall fade away. 

V. 1. Ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall 
come upon you. 

Ver. 2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth- 
eaten. 

James v. 3. Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of them 
shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire, ye 
have heaped treasure together for the last days. See Rev. vi. 15.— 
xviii. 3, 8, 17. Eccl. xi. 9 

THE USE OF RICHES. 

CCXII. The use of riches in the hands of a wise and good man tO' 
ward himself, Eccl. iii. 12. There is no good in them but for a 
man to rejoice and do good in his life. 

Eccl. v. 18. Behold that which I have seen, it is good and come- 
ly, for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his la- 
bour that he taketh under the sun, all the days of his life, which 
God giveth him, for it is his portion. 

Ver. 19. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and 
power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his 
labour, this is the gift of God. 

Ver. 20. For he shall not much remember the days of his life, be- 
cause God answereth him in the joy of his heart. Chap. ii. 24.— iii. 
13.-— viii. 15. 

For the other uses which riches answer, see in Commandment 5th, 
duties of parents towards children, and of people toward ministers ; 
and Commandment 8th, duties of the rich. 

CCXIII. God makeih rich. Deut. viii. 18. The Lord thy God it 
is he that giveth thee power to get wealth. 

1 Sam. li. 7. The Lord maketh poor, and he maketh rich. 
1 Kings iii. 13. The Lord said to Solomon, I have given thee both 
riches and honour. 

1 Chron. xxix. 12. Solomon said to God, both riches and honour 
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Job. i. 21. Job said, the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken a- 
way, blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Prov, X. 22. The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he add- 
eth no sorrow with it. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom 
and knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he giveth travel, to gather 
and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God, 
Chap. iii. 13. See Gen. xxiv. 35. 

CCXIV. Riches promised to the righteous, Ps. cxii. 2. The gene- 
ration of the upright shall be blessed. 

Ver. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house. 

Prov. iii. 16. Length of days is in wisdom's right hand, and in her 
left hand, riches and honour. Chap.viii. 18, 19. — xxii. 4.~xxiv. 3,4. 

XV. 6. In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the 
revenues of the wicked is much trouble. 

xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and ho- 
nour, and life- 

CGXV. Instances of good men that were rich, Abram, Gen. xiii. 
2. Lot, Gen. xiii. 5. Isaac, Gen.xxvi. 12, 18. 14. Jacob, Gen. xxx. 
43. — xxxvi* 7. David, 1 Chron. xxix.28. Solomon, 1 Kings iii. 13. 
— X. 23. Eccl. ii. 4 to 10. Job, Chap. i. 3. Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. 
xvii. 5. Hezekiah, 2 Chron^ xxxii. 17 to 31. 

CCXVI. Instances of riches not regarded by good men. Gen. xiv. 
21. The king of Sodom said to Abram, give me the persons, and 
take the goods to thyself. 

Ver. 23. Abram said, I will not take any thing that is thine. 

xxviii. 20. Jacob said, if God will be with me and keep me in the 
way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, 
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the 
Lord be my God. 

1 King iii. 11. Solomon asked wisdom, and not riches. 

Prov. xxx. 8. Agar prayed, give me neither poverty nor riches, 
feed me with food convenient for me. 

Ver. 9. Lest I be rich and deny thee, and say who is the Lord, or 
lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 

Gal. vi. 14. Paul said, the world is crucified unto me, and I unto 
the world. 

CCX VII. Those things that are necessary for the support of man's 
life^ promised to the righteous* Food promised* Gen. i. 29. God said, 
behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the 
face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a 
tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat. 

ix. 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you, even 
as the green herb have I given you all things. 

Exod. xxiii. 25. Serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy 
bread and thy water. 

Deut. vii. 12. If ye hearken to these judgments and keep and do them, 

Ver. 13. The Lord thy God will bless the fruit of thy land, thy 
corn and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the 
flocks of thy sheep. Ver. 14. Isa, xxx. 23. 

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land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of 
the vallies and hills. 

Deut. viii. 8. A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, 
and pomegranates, a land of oil and honey. 

Ver. 9. A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, 
thou shalt not lack any thing in it, a land whose stones are iron and 
out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 

Ver. 10. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless 
the Lord, for the good land which he hath given thee. 

Deut. xi. i3. If you shall hearken diligently unto my command- 
ments, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your 
heart and with all your soul, 

Ver, 14. I will give you the rain of your land in due season, the 
first rain and the latter rain that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and 
thy wine, and thine oil. 

Ver. 15. I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou 
mayest eat and be fall. 

Deut. xxviii. 2. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord 
thy God. 

Ver. 3. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou 
oe in the field. 

Ver. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 
ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, and the increase of thy kine, 
and the flocks of thy sheep. 

Ver. 5. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

Ver. 8. The Lord will command his blessing upon thee in thy 
store houses. 

Ver. 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the hea- 
ven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the 
work of thine hand, and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and 
thou shalt not borrow. Chap. xxx. 9. — xxxiii. 28. Isa. xxx. 23, 

Ruthi. 6. The Lord hath visited his people in giving them bread. 

Ps. xxiii. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want, 

Ver, 5. Thou preparest a table for me, my cup runneth over. 

xxxiv. g. There is no want to them that fear God. 

Ver. 10. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that 
seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell 
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Ver. 16. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the 
riches of many wicked. Prov. xvi. 8. 

Ver. 25. I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seedbeg= 
ging bread, 

cvii. 38. He blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly, 
and sufiereth not their cattle to decrease, 

cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them that fear him, he will ever 
be mindful of his covenant. 

cxxviii. 1 . Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, and that 
walketh in his ways. 

Ver. 2. Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands, happy shalt thou 
be, and it shall be well with thee. 



Chap. XVII. Deliverance from Famine. 459 

Ps. cxxxii. 15.1 will abundantly bless her provision, and will sa- 
tisfy her poor with bread. 

Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the 
first fruits of all thine increase. 

Ver, 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses 
shall burst out with new wine. 

X. 3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. 

Prov. xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul, 
but the belly of the wicked shall want. 

Isa. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righteously, bread shall be given 
him, and his waters shall be sure. Ver. 16. 

Ixv. 13. Behold my servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry, be- 
hold my servants shall drink but yc shall be thirsty. 

Ver. 21. They shall build houses and inhabit them, and they shall 
plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 

Ver. 22. They shall not build and another inhabit, they shall not 
plant, and another eat, for as the days of a tree are the days of my 
people, and mine eledl shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 

Ver. 23. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth trouble, 
for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring 
with them. 

Ezek. xxxvl. 29. I will save you from your uncleannesses, I will 
call for the corn and will increase it. 

Ver. 30. And 1 will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the in- 
crease of the field. 

Joel ii. 19. I will send you corn and wine. Hos. ii. 22. 

Ver 26. Ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied. See Zech. ix. If. 
See Isaac's blessing to his sons, consisting chiefly, Zech. viii. 12. 
Of the fruits of the earth. Gen. xxvii. 28. xxxvii. 39. See Acts 
xiv. 17. See promises to obedience. 

DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE. 

CCXVIII. Deliverance from famine. Job v. 20. In famine he 
shall redeem thee from death. 

Ver. 22. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18. Behold the eye of the Lord is on them that fear 
him, on them that hope in his mercy. 

Ver. 19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive 
in famine. 

xxxvii. 19. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the 
days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

cvii. 9, He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul 
with goodness. 

Ps. cxlvi. 7. Which giveth food to the hungry. Ver. 7. 

Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is 
none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, 
I the God of Israel will not forsake thenj. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will call for the corn and will increase it, and 
will lay no famine upon you, 

Ver. 30. Ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the 
heathen. 

Hab. iii. 17. Though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall 
fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fiail, and the fields 

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d'60 Spiritual Riches. ChAP. XVII. 

shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there 
shall be no herd in the stalls ; 

Hab. iii. 18. Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God 
of my salvation. 

Matt. iv. 4. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word 
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

SPIRITUAL RICHES. 

CCXIX. Not earthly^ but spiritual riches, or the interests of the 
soul, the chief object of a ivise man's desires and pursuits. Ps. xxxvii. 
16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the treasures 
of many wicked. 

Prov. XV. 6. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great 
treasures and trouble therewith. 

xxiii. 4. Labour not to be rich. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not. 

Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of. 

Ver. 9. After this manner pray ye. 

Ver. 11. Give us this day our daily bread. 

Ver. 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, &c, 

Ver. 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 

Ver. 24. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 

Ver. 25. Therefore take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat 
or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body what ye shall put on : 
Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment ? 

Matt. vi. 26. Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, nei- 
ther do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father 
feedeth them ; are ye not much better than they ? 

Ver. 27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to 
his stature. 

Ver. 31. Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things. 

Ver. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteous- 
ness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Ver. 34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the mor- 
row shall take thought for the things of itself j sufliicient unto the 
day is the evil thereof. Luke xii. 21 to 35. 

Luke X. 41. Jesus said, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and 
troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful, and Mary 
hath chosen that better part that shall not be taken away from her. 

xxi. 34. Take heed lest your hearts be overcharged with the cares 
of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

John vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that 
iiaeat which endurethunto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall 
give unto you. 

1 Cor. iii. 22. All things are yours. 2 Cor. viii. 9. Our Lord Jesus 
Christ though he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that ye 
through his poverty might be rich. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and 
supplieation,let you requests be made known to God. 1 Cor. vii.31,32. 

Col. iii. 1. Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth 
on the right hand of God. 



Chap. XVIII. Of Repentance, '^ei 

Col. iii. 2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on 
the earth. 

Jam. i. 10. Let the rich rejoice that he is made low. 

ii. 5, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, 
and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love 
him. 

1 Pet. V. 6. Casting all your care upon God, for he careth for you, 
Ps. Iv. 22. 

1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in 
the world, if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in 
him. 

1 John v. 4. Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world. See 
2 Cor. ix. 8, 10. 

CCXX. Raiment promised. Matt. vi. 25. Is not the body more 
than raiment ? 

Yer. 28. Why take ye thought for raiment ? consider the lilies of 
the field, they toil not, neither do they spin. 

Ver. 29. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glo- 
ry, was not arrayed like one of these. 

Ver. 30. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which 
to-day is and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith ? — Clothes miraculously supplied to 
Adam and Eve. Gen. iii. 21. To the Jews in the wilderness. Deut. 
viii. 4. Neh. x. 21. A gourd for Jonas. Jonah iv. 6. 

CGXXI. Supportsof life miraculously supplied to the Je^vs. Exod. 
xvi. 13, 14, 15. Quails and manna. 

Deut. viii. 3. The I^ord thy God fed thee with manna, that he might 
make thee know, that man doth not live by bread only, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doth man live, 
Neh. ix. 21. Matt. iv. 4. 

1 Kings xvii. 6. The ravens brought to Elijah, bread and flesh in 
the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening. 

Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal 
shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that 
the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 

Ver. 16. The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of 
oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, 

Markvi. 43. Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves. 

viii. 8. Christ feeds four thousand with seven loaves. 

John ii. 8. Christ turns water into wine. See contentment, sub- 
iiiission, and resignation. 



CHAP. XVIII. 
OF REPENTANCE. 



I. REPENTANCE, the first doctrine preached at the publishing of 
the Gospel. Matt. iii. 1. John the Baptist came preaching and saying, 
repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at band. Acts xiii. 24..«=xix. 4, 



462 Repentance, ChAP. XVIII, 

Matt. lii. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. 

Ver. lO.The axe is laid unto the root of the tree, every tree which 
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. 

iv. 17. Jesus began to preach, and say, repent, for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. 

ix. 13. Jesus saidj I came to call sinners to repentance, Mark ii. 17. 

Mark vi. 12. The disciples being sent forth by Christ, preached 
that men should repent. Ver. 7. 

Acts XX. 21. Paul said, I taught, testifying both to the Jews, and 
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

xxvi. 20. I shewed first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles, that 
they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repen- 
tance. See above, Matt. iii. 8. 

lI.The duty of repentance enforced by threatenings in the NeiuTesta- 
menf. Mate. xi. 20. Then began Jesus to upbraid the cities wherein 
most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 

Ver. 21. Saying, woe unto the Chorazin, woe unto thee Bethsaida, 
for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in 
Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long a^o in sackcloth and 
ashes. 

Ver. 22. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre 
and Sidon ax; the day of judgment, than for you. Ver. 2.3. See Ca- 
pernaum threatened, ver. 34. 

xii. 41. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this ge- 
neration, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preach- 
ing of Jonas, and behold a greater than Jonas is here, Luke xi. 32. 
Compare Jonah iii. 5. 

xxi. 31. The publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God 
before you. 

Ver. 32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and 
ye believed him not, but the publicans and harlots believed him, and 
ye repented not. 

Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance God winked at, but now 
comraandeth all men every where to repent. 

Rev. ii. 5. Remember from whence thou art fallen and repent. I 
will come and remove thy candlestick, except thou repent. See ver. 
I65 21, 22. Chap. iii. 3. — ix. 20. — xvi. 9. 

IIL The duty of repentance encouraged by promises in the New 
Testament, John xxiv. 46. It behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise 
from the dead, that repentance and remission of sins should be preach- 
ed in his name among all nations. 

Acts ii. 38. Repent and be baptised, in the name of the Lord Jesus 
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost, 

iii. 19. Repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, 

viii. 22. Repent of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps 
the thoughts of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 

IV. Promises to those that return to God. Deut. iv.30.When thou 
art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, if thou 
turn to the Lord thy God> and shall be obedient to his voice. 



Chap. XVIIL Repentana. 463 

Deut. Iv. 31. He will not forsake thee. Chap. xxx. 1 to 10. 
2 Chron. xv. 4. 

1 Sam. vii.3. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, 
and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, he will 
deliver you. 1 Kings viii. 33 to 38, 48, 49. 2 Chron, vi. 37, Neh. 
ix. 33. Ps. cvi. 6. Dan. ix. 5, 15. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up- 

Isa. Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 
man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and 
I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you. Ver. 1, 10, 14. 

Ver. 22. Return and I will heal your backslidings. Chap. iv. \. 
— XV. 19. 

xviii. 7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and 
concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy ; 

Ver. 8. If that nation turn from their evil, I will repent of the 
evil that I thought to do unto them. Chap, xxvi* 2, 3. — xxxvi. 3. 

Ezek. xviii. 21. If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he 
hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is law- 
ful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

Ver. 22. They shall not be mentioned unto him, in his righteous- 
ness that he hath done he shall live. 

Ver. 23. Have I any pleasure at all that the wikced shall die ? 
saith the Lord God, and not that he should return from his ways and 
live. Ver. 27, 28. 

Ver. 30. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so iniquity 
shall not be your ruin. 

Ver. 32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, 
saith the Lord God, wherefore turn and live. 

xxxiii. U. As I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the 
death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and 
live. Turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways, for why will ye die, 
O house of Israel ? Ver. 14, 19. 2 Pet. iii. 9. 

Hos. vi 1. Let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn, and he 
will heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up. Lam, iii. 40. 

xiv. 1, 2. O Israel, return unto the Lord, for thou hast fal- 
len by thine iniquity, take with you words, and say unto him, take 
away all iniquity and receive us graciously. 

Ver. 7. I will heal their backslidings, I will love ihem freely, 
saith the Lord. Chap. xii. 6. 

Joel iii. 12. Therefore also, now saith the Lord, turn ye even to 
me, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning, 

Ver. 13. And rent your hearts and not your garments, and turn 
imto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to an- 
ger^ and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 

Zech. i. 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, turn ye unto me, and I 
will turn unto you, Mai. iii. 7. 

ix. 12. Turn to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, 
V. Remarkable instances of penitent returning sinners obtaining mercy, 

2 Ghron. xv. 4. When thev in their trouble did turn Unto the Lord 



464* Repentanee, ChAP. XVIII. 

God of Israel and sought him, he was found of them. Chap, xxx, 
6, 9. Neh. i. 9 ix. 28. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 34. They returned and enquired early after God. 

Ver. 38. He forgave their iniquity. 

cxix. 59. I turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 

Ver. 65. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, according to thy 
word, 2 Kings xxiii. 25. 

Jonah iii. 10. God saw the works of the Ninevites, that they turn- 
ed from their evil way, and God repented him of the evil that he had 
said he would do unto them, and he did it not. Matt. xii. 41. 

VI. Turning to God enjoined by commands^ enforced by threatenings 
against those ivho turn not from sin. 

2 Kings xvii. 13. The Lord testified against Israel and Judah by 
the prophets and seers, saying, turn ye from your evil ways. 

Ver. 14. But they would not hear. 

Ver. 18. The Lord was angry, and removed them out of his sight. 
Jer. xliv 4, 5, 6. 

Neh. ix. 26. They slew the prophets which testified against them, 
to turn them to thee. 

Ver. 27. Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their 
enemies. 

Ver. 35. They have not served thee in thy great goodness, nei- 
ther turned from their wickedness. 

Ver. 36. Behold we are servants in great distress. Ver. 37. 

Job xxxvi. 10. He openeth their ear to discipline, and command- 
eth that they return from iniquity. 

Ver. 11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days 
in prosperity, and their years in pleasure. 

Ver. 12. If they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, &c« 
and die without knowledge. 

Ps. vii. 12. If the wicked turn not, God will whet his sword, he 
hath bent his bow and made it ready. 

Ver. 13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death. 

Isa. xxxi. 6. Turn ye to him from whom the children of Israel 
have deeply revolted. 

Jer. V. 3. Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved, 
thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. 
They have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to 
return, 

Ver. 4. Therefore I said, surely these are poor, they are foolish, 

Ver. 6. A lion out of the forest shall slay them, Sec. 

viii. 5. Why is this people slidden back with a perpetual backslid- 
ing, they refuse to return. 

Ver. 6. No man repented him of his wickedness, saying, what 
have I done ? Every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth 
into the battle, Hos. xi. 5. 

XV. 7. 1 will destroy my people sith they return not from their ways. 

xviii. 1 1 . Thus saith the Lord, behold I frame evil against you, 
return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and 
your doings good. Chap. xxxv. 15. 

xxiii. 14. The false prophets strengthen the hands of evil-doers. 
that no man doth return from his wickedness. 



Chap. XVIII. Repentance. 465 

Jer. xxiii. 15. Therefore, thus sa>th the Lord of hosts, concerniBg 
the prophets, behold I will feed them with wormwood, and make thera. 
dri»k the water of gall. Ezek. xiii. 22. 

XXV. 4. The Lord sent unto you his servants the prophets. 

Ver. 5. They said, turn ye every one from his evil way, and from 
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land, Sec. 

Ver. 7. Yet he have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lerd. See 
threats to ver. 12. Chap. xxvi. 3. — xxxvi. 3, 7. 

Ezek. iii. 9. If thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his 
wickedness, he shall die in his inic^uity, but thou hast delivered thy 
soul. Chap, xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. ix. 13. All this evil is come upon us, yet made wc not our 
prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniqul> 
ties. 

Ver. 14. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and 
brought it upon us. Zech. i. 4, 6. 

Hos. V. 3. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me. 

Ver. 4. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God. 

Ver. 14. I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to 
the house of Judah, I will tear and I will take away, and none shall 
rescue. 

vii. 9. Grey hairs are here and there upon Ephraim, and he know- 
eth it not. 

Ver. 10. The pride of Israel doth testify to his face, and they do 
not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 

Ver. 13. Woe unto them, destruction unto them, they return but 
not to the Most High, Chap. xi. 5. 

XV. 1. O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fal- 
len by thine iniquity. 

Am. iv. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth and want of bread, 
yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Ver. 8, 9, 10, 11. 

Jer. iv. 3. Thus saith the Lord, to them of Judah and Jerusalem, 
break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 

Ver. 4. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the 
foreskins of your hearts, lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn 
that none can quench it. Hos. x. 12. 

Matt, xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, and become as little chil- 
dren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

VIL The cause and means of repentance and conversion*, God the 
cause ; this implied in prayers made to God for it, and other expres- 
sions^ ascribing it to God as his gift* 

Ps. Ixxx. 3. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, 
and we shall be saved. Ver. 7, 19. 

Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine an- 
ger towards us to cease. 

Song i. 4. Draw me, I will run after thee. 

Jer. xxxi. 18. Turn thou me and I shall be turned, for thou art 
the Lord my God. 

Ver. 19. After that I was turned, I repented, and after that I was 
instructed I smote upon my thigh, I was ashamed, yea even confoun- 
ded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 



i66 Repentance, ChAP. XVIH. 

Lam. V. 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be 
turned. 

Acts xi. 18. They said, then hath God also to the Gentiles grant- 
ed repentance unto life. 

Ver. 2 I. The hand of the Lord was with the disciples, and a great 
number believed and turned unto the Lord. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose them- 
selves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the ackow- 
ledgraent of the truth. 

VIIL Jesus Christ giveth repentance. Acts iii. 26. God having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you in turning away every 
one of you from his iniquities. 

v.- 31. Him hath God exalted a Prince and a Saviour to give repen- 
tance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 

IX. God^s laiu a mean of converting sinners. Ps. xix. 4. The law 
of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. 

Luke xvi. 30. And he said, nay, father Abraham ; butif one went 
unto them froni the dead, they will repent. 

Ver. 3 1 . If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they 
be persuaded though one rose from the dead. 

X. The ministry a mean of converting sinners, Ezek. iii. 19. If 
thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, he shall 
die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. Chap, xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. xii. 3, Tlaey that turn many to righteousness shall shine as 
the stars for ever and ever. James v. 19. Prov. xi. 30. 

Lukei. 16. Many of the children of Israel shall John Baptist turn 
to the Lord their God. Chap. xxii. 32. 

Acts xxvi. 17. The Lord said to Paul, 1 send thee to open men's 
eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan 
unto God, that they may receive the forgiveness of sinsi and an inheri- 
tance among all them that are sanctified, by faith that is in me. 

XI. Repentance promised. Ps. xxii. 27. All the ends of the world 
shall remember and turn to the Lord. Ps. Ii. S.- — ex. 3. 

Isa. i, 27. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts 
with righteousness. 

X. 21. The remnant shall return unto the mighty God. Mic. v. 3. 

Ix. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, and 
the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. Chap. Iv. 7. 

Jer» xxiv. 7 They shall return unto me with their whole heart. 

Hos. ii. 7. The church shall say, I will return unto my first husband. 

xiv. 7. They that dwell under his shadow shall return, they shall 
revive as the corn, and grow as the vine. 

XII. Self examination needful to repentance. iKings viii. 28. Know 
every man the plague of his own heart. 

Ps. iv. 4. Commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still. 

Ixxvii. 6. My spirit made diligent search. 

cxix. 59. I thought upon my ways, and turned my feet unto thy 
testimonies. 

Lam. iii, 40.Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the 
Lord. 

1 Cor. xi. 28. Let a man examine himself. 



Chap. XVIII. Repentance. 467 

2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, prove your own selves. 

Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his own work. 

'X.lll. Considerations needful to repentance. Deut. iv. 39. Consider 
in thine hearti that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the 
earth beneath. 

lSam.xii.24.Consider how great things the Lord hath done forthee* 

Job. xxiii- 15. When I consider him, I am afraid. 

Ps. cxix. 95. I will consider thy testimonies. 

Eccl. vii. 14. In the day of adversity consider. 

Isa. xli. 20. Consider, that the hand of the Lord hath done this. 

Ezek. xii. 3. It may be they will consider, though they be a re- 
bellious house. Chap, xviii. 14. 

Hag. i. 5. Thus saith the Lord, consider your ways. 

2 Tim. ii. 7. Consider, and the Lord give thee understanding in all 
things. For considering God's works. See Job xxxvii. 14. Ps.viii. 
3. — Ixiv. 9. Eccl. vii. 13. Isa. lii. 15. Jer. xxx. 24. 

XIV. The inconsideration of the ivicked. Deut. xxxii. 29. O that 
they would consider their latter end. 

Ps. 1. 22. Consider, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, 
and there be none to deliver. 

Eccl. v. 1. They consider not that they do evil. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Chap. 
v. 12. Ps. Ixxxii. 5.— xciv. 8. 

xliv. 19. None considereth in his heart. Chap, xlvii. 7. 

Ver. 20. A deceived heart hath turned him aside, he canoot deliver 
his soul, nor say, is there not a lie in my right hand. 

Jer. ii. 10. Consider, hath a nation changed their Gods, but my 
people have changed their glory. 

X. 8. They are altogether brutish. Ver. 14. Chap. Ii. 17, 21. 

Hos. vii. 2. They consider not in their hearts that I remember all 
their wickedness. 

Matt. vii. 3. Thou considerest not the beam that is in thine eye. 

ix. 45. Ye know not what manner of spirits ye are of. 

Luke xix. 42. If thou hadst known the things that belong to 
thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes. 

Rev.iii. 17. Thou sayest I am rich, and increased with goods, and 
have need of nothing, and knowest not, that thou art wretched and 
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. 

XV. The case of those ivho withstand the appointed means ofrepen^ 
tance. Matt. xiii. 13. Jesus said, I speak to them in parables, be- 
cause they seeing, see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do 
they understand. 

Ver. 14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaias, which 
saith, by hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing 
ye shall see, and shall not perceive. Isa. vi. 9. 

Ver. 15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are 
dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest at anytime they 
should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should un- 
derstand with their heart, and should be converted and I should heal 
them. Mark iv, 12. Luke viii. 10. John xii, 40. Acts xxviii. 26- 
Ron!i*xi, 8. 

N Ji n 



4f6S Repentance. Chap. XVIII. 

Luke xvi. ,10. Dives said, if one went from the dead unto my bre- 
thren they will repent. 

Ver. 31. Abraham said, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. 

xix. 41. Jesus wept over Jerusalem, saying, 
■ Ver. 42. If thou hadst known in this thy day the things which be- 
long unto thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes. 

Rom. ii. 5. After thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou trea- 
surest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath. 

Heb. vi. 4. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, 
and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers 
of the world to come. 

Ver. 6. If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, 
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him 
to open shame. 

xii. 17. Esau found no place for repentance, though he sought it 
carefully with tears. Matt, xxvii. 7. 

Gen. vi, 3. God saith, my Spirit shall not always strive with man. 
Ps. xcv. 8. Harden not your hearts. Heb. iii, 8. 15.— iv. 7. 

XVI. Sorronv for sin. Ps. xiii. 3. How long shall I take counsel 
in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily ? 

xxxviii. 17. I am ready to halt, my sorrow is continually before me. 

Ver. 18.1 will declare mine iniquity, I will be sorry for my sin. 

Ixix 29. I am poor and sorrowful, let thy salvation, O God, set 
me on high. Ps. cxvi. 3, 4. 

Eccl. vii. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter. Prov. xiv. 13. 

Jer. xxxi, 25.1 have satiated every weary soul, I have replenished 
every sorrowful soul. 

Zeph. iii. 18.1 will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn 
assembly. 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 

Rom. ix. 2. I have continual sorrow in my heart. 

2 Cor. vi. 10. As sorrowful yet always rejoicing. 

vii. 9 to 12. Ye sorrowed to repentance. 

XVII. ikfoMrn/«^ /or sm. Exod. xxxiii. 4. When the people heard 
God's threatening s against them they mourned. Numb. xiv. 39. 

Ezra X. 6. Ezra mourned because of the transgressions of those 
that had been carried captive. 

Neh. i. 4. Nehemiah wept and mourned, fasted and prayed, and 
said, &c. 

Job V. 11. God doth great things, that those that mourn may be 
exalted. Ver. 8, 9. 

Ps. xxxviii. 6. I go mourning all the day. Ps. xlii. 9. — xliii. 2. 

Iv 2. Attend unto me and hear me, I mourn in my complaint. 

Isa. xxxviii. 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter, I did 
mourn as a dove. Isa. lix. 11. 

Ivii. 18.1 will restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 

Ixi. 2. The Lord hath sent me to comfort all that mourn. 

Ver. 3. To give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty for ashes, 



Chap. XVIII. Repentance. 469 

the oil of joy for mourning, and the garments of praise for the spirit 
of heaviness. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort 
them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 

Ezek. vii. 16. They shall be on the mountains like doves of the 
vallies, mourning every one for his iniquities. Ver. 27. 

ix. 4. Set a mark on the fore -heads of them that sigh and mourn 
for the abominations. Rev. vii. 3. 

Dan. X. 2. I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. Sec. 

Joel i. 9. The priests, the Lord's ministers mourn, 

ii. 12. Turn ye unto me, (saith the Lord) with all your heart, with 
fasting, with weeping and mourning. 

Ver. 13. Rent your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto 
the Lord your God. 

Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on him whom they have pierced, 
and mourn. 

Ver. 12. The land shall mourn every family apart. 

Matt. V. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, they shall be comforted. 

XVIIL Reproofs and threats for not mourning for sin. Isa. xxii. 
12. In that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and 
mourning, and baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. 

Ver. 13. But behold joy and gladness. 

Zech. vii. 5. When ye fasted and mourned, did ye at all fast unto 
me, even unto me. 

Luke vi. 25. Wo unto you that laugh, ye shall mourn. 

1 Cor. v. 2. Ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned. 
James iv. 9. Be ye afflicted and mourn and weep, let your laugh- 
ter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness. 

XIX. Heaviness for sin, Ezra ix. 5. I arose frpm my heaviness. 
Ps. xxxviii. 4. Mine iniquities are as an heavy burden. 

cxix. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness. 

Matt. xi. 28. (^ome unto me all ye that labour and are heavy la- 
den, and I will give you rest. Isa. Ixi. 3. 

XX. Grief for sin, 2 Ghron. vi.29. When every one shall know 
his own sore, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands and 
pray, hear thou and forgive. 1 Kings viii. 38. When he shall know 
the plague of his own heart. Ver. 39. Hear thou and forgive. 

Neh. xiii. 8. Their profaning the house of God, grieved me sore. 
Ps. cxix. 158. I beheld transgressors and was grieved. 
Markiii. 5. Jesus was grieved for the hardnesis of their hearts. 

XXI. Noi being grieved for sin. Jer. v. 7. Thou hast stricken 
them, they were not grieved. Isa. Ivii. 10. 

XXII. Weeping for sin. Judg. ii. 4. The Israelites being reprov- 
ed by an angel for their sins, they lift up their voice and wept. 

2 Kings xxii. 19, Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast 
rent thy clothes and wept before me, I also have heard thee, saith the 
Lord. 2 Ghron. xxxiv. 26. 

Ezra X. 1. Ezra confessed weeping*. 

Ps. vi. 8. The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 
cii. 9. 1 have mingled my drink with weeping. 
cxxvi. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seedy, 
shall come again with rejoicing. 



4,70 Repentance* Chap. XVIII. 

Jer. xiii. 17 . My soul shall weep in secret for your pride. 

xxxi. 9. They shall come with weeping and supplication. 

1. 4. The children of Israel shall go together weeping, to seek the 
Lord their God. 

Joel ii. 12. Turn ye unto me with all your heart, with fasting, 
weeping and mourning. 

Ver. 17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between 
the porch and the altar, and let them say, spare thy people, O Lord. 

Luke vi. 21. Blessed are ye that weep. Ver. 25. 

vii. 38. A woman stood weeping, and began to wash Jesus* feet 
with tears. 

xxiii. 28. Jesus said, weep not forme, but weep for yourselves. 
James xliv. 9. — v. 1. 

XXIII. Tears for sin. 2 Kings xx. 5. I have seen thy^tears, be- 
hold I will heal thee. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

Job xvi. 20. Mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 

Ps. vi. 6. I water my couch with my tears. 

xxxix. 12. Hold not thy peace at my tears. 

xlii. 3. My tears have been my meat night and day. 

Ivi. 8. Put my tears in thy bottle. 

cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 

Jer. ix. 1. O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain 
of tears. Ver. 18. 

xiii. 17. Mine eye shall run down with tears. 

Lam. ii. 11. Mine eyes do fail with tears. 

Ver. 18. Let tears run down like a river day and night, give thy- 
self no rest. Jer. xiv. 17. 

Acts XX. 19. Serving the Lord with many tears. 

Rev. vii. 15. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

XXIV. Heart affected for having sinned, i Sam.xxiv. 5. David's 
heart smote him. 

1 Kings viii. 38. Know the plague of his own heart. 2 Ghron. vi, 
29. His own sore. 

2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart was tender. 

Isa. xlvii. 7. Lay to heart, Dan. v. 22. Humble the heart. Joel 
ii. 13. Rent the heart. Acts ii. 37. They were pricked in their hearts. 
Chap. ix. 6.— xvi. 30. Ps. cix. 22. Heart wounded. 

XXV. A broken contrite heart. Ps. xxxi v. 18. The Lord is nigh 
unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a 
contrite spirit. 

Ii. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and 
a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

cix. 16. See prayers against those who would slay the broken in 
heart. 

cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken in heart, and biHdeth up 
their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I dwell with him that is of a 
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and 
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted. 
Luke iv. 18. 



Chap. XVIII. Repentanse. 471 

Isa» Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and 
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

XXVI. Shame the portion of sinners. Prov. iii. 35. Shame shall 
be the promotion of fools. 

xiii. 5. A wicked man is lothsome and cometh to shame. 

xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people. 

Dan. xii. 2. Some (at the last day) shall awake to shame, Sec. 

XXVII. Shame enjoined as a mark of true penitents. Jer. xxii. 22. 
Thou shalt be ashamed, yea* even confounded for all thy wickedness. 

Eaek. xliii. 10. Shew the house of Israel, that they may be asha- 
med for their iniquities. Ver. 11. Hos. iv. 19. 

Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye in these things whereof ye are 
now ashamed. Jer. xxxi. 19. — iii. 25. 

XXVIII. Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. Ps. cxix. 6. Then shall 
I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 
See Rev. iii. 18 — xvi. 15. Compare, Gen. iii. 7. 8. 

Job xi. 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let 
not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 

Ver. 15. For then thou shalt lift up thy face without spot, &c« 

XXIX. Reproofs for not being ashamed of sin. Jer. vi. 15. When 
they had committed abominations they were not ashamed, neither 
could they blush. Chap. viii. 12. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no shame. 
Phil. iii. 19. The wicked glory in their shame. 
Jude 13. Foaming out of their own shame. 

XXX. Abhorring and hathing one's self for sin* Job xlii. 6. Job 
said, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ezek. vi. 9. They shall loathe themselves for the evils which they 
have committed in all their abominations. Chap. xx. 43. — xxxvi. 31. 

XXXI. Confession and acknowledgment of sin required of penitents, 

XXXII. Promises to confessing and acknowledging sin. Lev. xxvi. 
40. If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, 

Ver. 41. If their uncircumcised heart be humbled, 

Ver. 42. Then will I remember my covenant. 1 Kings viii. 33, 35. 

Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will confess my transgressions, thou forgav- 
est the iniquity of my sin. 

Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but 
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Job xxxi. 33. 

1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to for- 
give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

XXXIII. Exhortations to confession. Jos. vii. 19. Give glory to 
God and make confession, 

Jer. iii. 13. Acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgres- 
sed against the Lord thy God. Ezra x. 1 1. Hos. v. 15. 

Rom. xiv, 11. Every knee shall bovy, and every tongue shall con- 
fess to God. 

XXXIV. Instances, Matt. iii. 16. They were baptised confess- 
ing their sins. 

Acts xix. 8. Many that believed, confessed and shewed their deeds. 

XXXV. Confessions made in scripture expressions. Ezra ix. 6. 
O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee ray 
God, for our iniquities are increased over our heads, and our trespass 



472 Repentance. Chap. XVIII. 

is grown up unto the heavens. Ver. 7, 13, 15. Ps.xxxviii. 4 — xl. 
12. Jer. xiv. 20. 

Neh. i. 6. Both I and my father's house have sinned. Ps. cvi. 6. 

Ver. 7. We have dealt very corruptly against thee. 

ix. 16. They dealt proudly and hardened their necks, and heark- 
ned not to thy commandments. 

Ver. 26. They were disobedient and rebelled against thee, and cast 
thy laws behind their backs. 

Ver. 35. They have not served thee in thy great goodness, nei- 
ther turned they from their wicked works. 

Job xiii. 23. How many are mine iniquities and my sins, make me 
to know my transgressions and my sins. 

xiv, 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean. 

XV. 14. What is man that he should be clean ? and he that is 
born of a woman, that he should be righteous. 1 Kings viii. 46. 

Ver. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints, and the heavens 
are not clean in his sight. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine 
hand upon my mouth. 

Ps. xxxviii. 18. I will declare mine iniquity, I will be sorry for 
my sin. Ps. xxxii. 5. 

li. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions, my sin is ever before me. 

Ver. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mo- 
ther conceive me. 

Ixix. 5. O God thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not 
hid from thee. Ps. cxxx. 3. If thou. Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, 
O Lord, who should stand ? 

Prov. zx. 9. Who can say I have made my heart clean ? I am 
pure from my sin } 1 John i. 8. If we say we have no sin we deceive 
ourselves and the truth is not in us. 

Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man upon earth that doth good 
and sinneth not. 

Isa. lix. 12. Our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and 
our sins testify against us. 

Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses 
are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities like 
the wind have taken us away. 

Jer. xiv. 7. Our backslidings are many, we have sinned against 
thee. Ver. 20. Luke iii. 42. 

Dan. ix. 5 . We have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have 
done wickedly and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts, 
and from thy judgments. 

Ver. 8. O Lord to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to 
our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 

Rom. vii. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good thing. 

Ver. 2K I find a law that when I would do good, evil is present 
with me. 

Ver. 23. I see a law in my members, warring against the law of 
my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is 
in my members. 

XXXVl. Amendment, Deut. x. 16. Circumcise the foreskin of 
your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. Jer. iv. 4. 



Chap. XVIII. Fruitfulness: 4.73 

Job. xxxiv. 32. If I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 

Isa. i. 16. Cease to do evil, learn to do well. 

Jer. vii. 3. Amend your ways and your doings. Ver. 15. Chap. 
XXvi. 13. — XXXV. 15. 

Matt. iii. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Luke iii. 8. 

John V. 14. Sin no more. Chap. viii. 11. Ps. iv. 4. Stand in awe 
and sin not. 

Rom. vi. 1. Shall we continue in sin, &c. God forbid. 

Eph. V, 14. Awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead. See 
dead works. 
James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, purify your hearts. 

FRUITFULNESS. 

XXXVIII. Fruitfulness in religion. Ps. i. 3. He shall be like a tree 
planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. 

xcii. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old age, they shall be fat 
and flourishing. See ver. 12, 13. Ps. Ixxxiv. 7. 

Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as the shining light that shi- 
neth, &c. 

Isa. V. 4. What could have been done more to my vineyard that I 
have not done in it, to make it fruitful. 

Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a watered garden. Mai. iv. 2. 

Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel, he shall grow as the 
lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

Ver. 8. I am like a green fir-tree ; from me is thy fruit found. 

Matt. vii. 16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Ver. 20. 
Chap. xii. 33. 

Ver. 17. Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit. Chap, ziii, 
23. Mark xii. 2. 

John XV. 2. Every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth that it 
may bring forth more fruit. Matt. xiii. 12. 

Ver. 5. I am the vine ye are the branches, he that abideth in me 
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye 
can do nothing. 

John XV. 8. Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much 
fruit, so shall ye be my disciples. 

Ver. 16. I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go 
and bring forth fruit. 

Rom. vi. 22. Being made free from sin ye have your fruit unto ho- 
liness and the end everlasting life. Chap, vii, 4. 

Eph. iv. 15. Grow up unto Christ in all things. 

Eph. V. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all righteousness, goodness 
and truth. 

Phil. i. 1 1. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are 
by Jesus Christ, to the praise and glory of God. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord, to all pleasing being fruitful 
in every good work. Chap. vi. — ii. 7. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above is full of good fruits. 

1 Pet. ii, 2. Desire the siijcere milk of the word that ye rnaygrow 
thereby. 



474 Of Death. ChaP. XIX. 

2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you and abound, they make you 
that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ. 

Jude ver. 20. Building yourselves up in your most holy faith. 



CHAP, XIX. 
OF DEATH. 

I. THE shortness of human life. Gen. xlvii. 9. Jacob said, few 
and evil have the days of the years of my life been. Job xiv. I. Man 
that is born of a woman is of few days. 

1 Sam. XX. 3. There is but a step between me and death, 

1 Chron. xxix. 15. Our days on earth are as a shadow, and there 
is none abiding Job viii. 9. Ps.cii. 11. — cxliv. 4. Zech. i. 5. 

Job vii. 6. Our days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle. 

ix. 25. Our days are swifter than a post, they fly away. 

Ver. 26. They are passed away as the swift ships, and as the eagle 
that hasteth to the prey. 

xvi. 22. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way 
whence I shall not return. 

xvii. 1. My days are extinct, my breath is corrupt, the graves are 
ready for me. 

Ps. xxxix. 4. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure 
of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. 

Ver. 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and 
mine age is as nothing before thee; verily every man at his best 
estate is altogether vanity. 

Ver. 13. O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go hence 
and be no more. Ps, xc. 3, 5, 6, 10, 12. 

ciii. 15. Man's days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he 
ilourisheth. 

Ver. 16. For the windpasseth over it, and it is gone, and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. Isa. xl. 6, 7, 8. James i. 10. 1 Pet. 
i. 24. 

James iv. 14. Our life is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little 
time and then vanisheth away. Heb. xiii. 14. Here we have no con- 
tinuing city. 1 Chron. xxix. 15. There is none abiding. 

n. Of the term or boundary ef human life. Job vii. 1. Is 
there not an appointed time for man upon earth ? Are not his days 
like the days of an hireling ? 

xiv. 5. Man's days are determined, the number of his months are 
with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. 

Ver. 14. All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my 
change come. 

Ps. xc. 0. The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and 



CiiAP. XIX. Of Death. 475 

if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength 
labour and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and we fly away. 

Eccl. iii. 2. A time to be born and a time to die. 

Matt.vi. 27. Which of you can add one cubit to his statur^or 
age)? 

Acts xvii. 26. God hath made of one blood all nations of men that 
dwell on the face of the earth, and hath determined the times, be- 
fore appointed, and the bounds of their iiabition. 

III. The time of life is in God's hand. Job Vo 18. The Lord mak-- 
eth sore and he bindeth up, he woundeth and his hands make whole. 

1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth and he maketh alive, he bringeth 
down to the grave and he raiseth up. Deut xxxii. 39. 

Ps. Ixviii. 20. Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death 
Ps, ix. 13. — ciii. 4. 

Dan. V. 23. God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all 
thy ways. 

Acts xvii. 28. In him we live, and move, and kave our being. 

Rev. i. 18. I have the keys of hell, and of death, saith Christ. 

IV. Death prevailing over all mankind^ of every character, rank 
and station^ Jos- xxiii. 14. Joshua said, I am going the way of all 
the earth, 1 Kings ii. 2. 

Job iv. 19. Mortal men dwell in houses of clay, their foundation 
is in the dust, they are crushed before the moth. 

Ver. 20. They are destroyed from morning to evening, they perish 
for ever without any regarding it. 

Ver. 21. Doth not their excellency that is in them go away I they 
die without wisdom. 

vii. 9. He that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 

Ver. 10. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his 
place know him any more. 

ix. 22. God destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 

xiv. 2. Man cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down. 

Ver. 10. Man dieth and wasteth away, yea man giveth up the 
ghost, and where is he ? 

Ver. 12. Man lieth down, and riseth not till the heavens be no 
more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of sleep. 

Ver. 19. Thou destroyest the hope of man. 

Ver. 20. Thou prcvailest for ever against him, and he passethi 
thou changest his countenance and sendest him away, 

xvii. 13. If I wait, the grave is mine house Ver. 1# 

Ver. 14. I have said to corruption thou art my father, and to the 
Worm, thou art my mother and sister. 

Ver. 15. And where is now my hope ? 

xxi. 23. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and 
quiet. 

Ver. 24. His breasts are full of milk, and his bones moistened 
with marrow. 

Ver. 25 Another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never 
eateth with pleasure. 

Ver. 26. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms 
shall cover them. 

xxiv. 24* The mighty are exalted for a little while, but are gone and 

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476 Of Death, Chap. XIX. 

brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut 
off as the tops of the ears of corn. Eccl. viii. 8. Neither shall 
wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 

Job XXX. 23. I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the 
iiouse appointed for all living. Eccl. viii. 8. There is no discharge 
in that war. 

xxxiv. 14. If he set his heart upon man, and if he gather unto 
him his spirit and his breath. 

Ver. 15. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again 
to dust. 

Ps. xlix. 7. They that trust in their wealth, none of them can by 
any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. 

Ver. 9. That he should live for ever and not see corruption. 

Ver. 10. Wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person 
perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ver. 1 1 to 14. 

Ixxxii. 6. I have said ye are gods, and all of you children of the 
Most High. 

Ver. 7. But ye shall die like men. Ps. cxlvi. 4. 

Ixxxix. 48. What man is he that liveth and shall not see death ? 
Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? 

xc. 3. Thou turnest men to destruction. 

Ver* 5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a 
sleep in the morning, they are like grass that groweth up. 

Ver. 6. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, in the even- 
ing it is cut down and withereth. 

Eccl. i. 4. One generation cometh and another goeth. 

ii. 16. How dieth the wise man ? as the fool. 

viii. 8. No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, 
neither hath he power in the day of death, and there is no discharge 
in that war. 

xii. 5. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about 
the streets. 

Ver. 7. The dust shall return to dust as it was, and the spirit shall 
return unto God who gave it. 

V. Preparative duties for death. Deut. xxxii. 29. O that they 
were wise, that they would consider their latter end. 

Ps. xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply 
our hearts to wisdom. Ps. xxxix. 4. 

John ix. 4. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is 
day, the night cometh when no man can work. 

I Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. Matt. 
X. 28. 

VI. No preparative duties are to be performed after death. Isa. 
xxxviii. 18. The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate 
thee, they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 

Ver. 19. The living, the living, he shall praise thee as I do this 
day. SeePs. vi. 5 — xxx. 9. — Ixxxviii. 10, 11, 12. — cxy. 17. 

VII. The death of the righteous happy, Ps.xxxi. 5. Into thine 
Piand I commit my spirit, O Lord. Acts vii. 59. 

xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for 
the end of that man is peace, 

cxvi. 1 1. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 



Chap. XIX. Of Death. 477 

Prov. xiv. 32, The righteous hath hope in his death. Numb, xxiii. 
10, Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be 
like his, 

Eccl. vii. ] . The day of his death is better than the day of his 
birth. 

Isa. Ivii. 1. The righteous is taken away from the evil to comco 

Vcr. 2. He shall enter into peace. 2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. 

Job iii. 17. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the 
weary be at rest. 

Ver. 18. There the prisoners rest together, they hear not the 
voice of the oppressor. 

Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and after- 
ward receive me into glory. Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will give grace 
and glory. 

Luke xvi. 22. Lazarus died and was carried by angels into Abra= 
ham's bosom, 

Ver. 25. Now he is comforted. 

Luke xxiii. 43. Jesus said, this day shalt thou be with me in Pa- 
radise. 

1 Cor. iii. 22. Whether life or death, all are yours, Ver. 23. Ye 
are Christ's. 

2 Cor. V. 6. While we are at home in the body, we are absent 
from the Lord. 

Ver. 8, We are willing rather to be absent from the body, and 
to be present with the Lord. 

Phil. i. 21. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 

Ver. 23. I have a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which 
far better. 

1 Thess. V. 10. Christ died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, 
we should live together with him. Rom. xiv. 8, 9. 

Heb. xii. 23. The righteous go to the spirits of just men made 
perfect. 

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from 
henceforth : yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labour, 
and their works do follow them. 

VIII, Death of the ivicked. Job xxvii. 20. Terrors take hold oh 
him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 

Ver 21. The east wind carrieth him away and he departeth, and 
as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 

Ver. 22. For God shall cast upon him and shall not spare. 

Ver. 23. Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out 
of his place, Jer. xxiii. 19. 

xxxvi. 6. God preserveth not the life of the wicked. 

Ps. xxxvii. 34. When the v.'icked are cut off thou shalt see it. 

Ver. 38. The end of wicked men shall be cut off. 

Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his expectation perisheth, 

Ver. 10. When the wicked perish there is shouting. 

xii. 7. The wicked are overthrown and are not. Chap. x. 27. 

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness. 

Eccl. viii. 10. I saw the wicked buried, they were forgotten. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at 
thy coming. 



478 Of the Resurrection, Chap. XIX. 

Isa. xlv, 15. Thou slialt be brought down to hell, to the eidcs of 
the pit. 

Ezek. xviii. 18. He shall die in his iniquity. Chap, xxxiii. 8, 9. 

Luke xvi. 23. The rich man died and was buried, and in hell he 
lift up his eyes being in torment. Ps.ix. 17. 

IX. The dead leave all their possessions, behind them. Ps. xlix. 10. 
They leave their wealth to others. Job i. 21. Eccl. ii. 18. 

Ver. 14. Their beauty shall consume in the grave. 

Ver. 17. When he dieth he shall carry nothing away, his glory 
shall not descend after him. 

Eccl. V. 15. As he came, naked shall he return, and shall take 
nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 

Ver. 16. In all points as he came, so shall he go. Chap. ii. 19. 
Who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool that shall be 
after him. 

ix. 5. The memory of them is forgotten also. 

Ver. 6. Also, their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now 
perished, neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing 
that is done under the sun. 

Job xiv. 21. His sons come to honour and he knoweth it not, they 
^re brought low, but he perceiveth it not. 

1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing into this world, and it is cer- 
tain we can carry nothing out. 

OF THE RESURRECTION FROM THE BEAD. 

X. That there shall be a resurrection of the dead. See Christ shall 
raise the dead. Job xix. 25. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and 
that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 

Ver. 26, And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet 
in my flesh shall I see God. 

Ver. 27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another, though my reins be consumed within me. Ps. xlix, 15. 

Fs. xvi- 9. My flesh shall rest in hope. Ver. 10. Ps, Ixviii. 20. 
Acts ii. 26, 27, 28, 31. 

Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth 
^hall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting shame 
and contempt. Ps. xvii. 15. 

Matt. xxii. 30. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are 
given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven. 

Ver. 31. As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not 
read, that which was spoken unto you, by God, saying, 

Ver. 32. I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the 
God of Jacob ; God is not the Go4 of the dead, but of the living* 
Luke XX. 35, 36. 

Luke xiv. 14. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of 
the just. 

Acts xiv. 2. The apostles taught the people, and preached through 
Jesus thp resurrection from the dead. Heb. vi. 1,2. 

xxiii. 6. Paul said, of the hope of the resurrection of the dead I 
am called in question. Chap. xxiv. 21. 

qsxiv. 15. Paul said, I have hope toward God, that there shall be 
|, resurrection of the deadj both of the just and unjustc 



Chap. XIX. Of the Resurrection. 4*79 

Acts xxvi. 8. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with 
you, that God should raise the dead. 

Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 2 Cor. i. 9. God raiseth 
the dead. 

viii. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the d ead 
dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also 
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

Ver, 19. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the 
manifestation of the Son of God. 

Ver. 21. Because the creature shall be delivered from the bondage 
of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

Ver. 23. We ourselves who have the first fruits of the Spirit, we 
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemp- 
tion of our body. 

1 Cor. vi. 14. God both raised up the Lord Jesus, and will also 
raise up us by his own power. 

XV. 12. How say some of you, that there is no resurrection of the 
dead. 2 Tim. ii. 17, 18. 

Ver. 13. If th^^be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not 
risen. 

Ver. 14. And if Christ be not risen, then is your preaching vain, 
and your faith is also vain. 

Ver. 20. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the 
first-fruits of them that slept. 

Ver, 21. Since by man came de^th, by man came also the resur- 
rection of the dead. 

Ver. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be 
made alive. 

Ver. 23. But every man in his order, Christ the first-fruits, 
and afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Col. i. 18. 

Ver. 35. Some men will say, how are the dead raised, and with 
what bodies do they come ? 

Ver. 38. God giveth a body as it pleaseth him. 

Ver, 42. So also is the resurrection of the dead, it is sown in cor- 
ruption, it is raised in incorruption. 

Ver. 43. It is sown in dishonour, itis raised in glory, it is sown 
in weakness it is raised in power; 

Ver. 44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 

Ver. 52, The dead shall be raised incorruptible. 

Ver. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this 
mortal must put on immortality. 

Ver. 54. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 
death is swallowed up in victory. Isa. xxv. 7, 8. — xxvi. 19. Hos. 
xiii. 14. 

2 Cor. iv. 14. He that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us 
also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 

V. 1. We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were 
dissolved, we have a building of God, an hoiise not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. 

Ver. 2. For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to he clothed 
upon with our house which is from heaven. 



480 Of a Future Judgment. Chap. XX. 

2 Cor. V. 3. If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 

Ver. 4. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened, 
not for that we would be unclothed but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. 

Eph. iv. 30. By the holy Spirit of God ye are sealed unto the day 
of redemption. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even 
so them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

Ver. 15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that 
we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. 

Ver. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a 
shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, 
and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 

Ver. 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds to meet theLord in the air, so shall 
we ever be with the Lord. 

Heb. xi. 19. Abraham accounted that God was able to raise Isaac 
from the dead. 

Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not accepting aeliverance, that 
they might obtain a better resurrection. 

Rev. XX. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first re- 
surrection, on such the second death hath no power, but they shall 
be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand 
years. 

Ver. 13. The sea gave up the dead which were in it, Isa. xxvi, 
19. See Christ shall change the bodies of mankind. 



CHAP. XX. 
OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT. 

I. OF a future judgment and its consequences. Acts xxiv. 25. 
Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to come, 
Felix trembled. 

Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on toward perfection. 

Ver< 2. Not laying again the foundation of the resurrection of the 
dead and of eternal judgment. 

ix. 27. It is appointed unto all men once to die, but after this 
the judgment. 

II. God is judge. See Christ shall judge the world, Ps. 1. 6. God 
is judge — The judge of all the earth. Gen. xviii. 25. 

xcvi. 13. He comethto judge the earth. He shall judge the world 
with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Ver. 10. Ps. Iviii 
11.— xcviii. 8. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the 
world in righteousness. 

Rom. ii. 2. The judgment of God is according to truth. Chap. 
iii. 5. 



Chap. XX. Of a Future Judgment. 481 

Rom. ii.* 12. As many as have sinned in the law shall be judged 
by the law. 

Vcr. 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by 
Jesus Christ. 

I Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord. 

Rev. XX. 11. I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, 
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was 
found no place for them. 

Ver. 12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, 
and the books were opened ; and another book was opened which is 
the book of life : and the dead were judged out of those things which 
were written in the books according to their works. 

III. The persons and things that shall be judged^ Eccl. iii. 17. 
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. 

xi. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart 
cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine 
heart, and in the sight of thine eyes, but know that, for all these 
things God will bring thee into judgment. 

xii. 14. God will bring every work into judgment, with every se- 
cret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil. Rom. ii. 16. 
God shall judge the secrets of men. 

Matt. xii. 36. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall 
give account thereof in the day of judgment. Ver. 37. 

Rom, xiv. 12. Every one shall give account of himself to God. 

1 Cor. iii. 14. Every man's work shall be made manifest. 

Heb. xiii. 17. Ministers watch for your souls as they that must 
give account. 

1 Pet. iv. 4. They that run to excess of riot, 

Ver. 5. Shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

Ver. 17. Judgment must begin at the house of God. 

IV. When the day of Judgment shall be. Mark. xiii. 24. The sun 
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. 

Ver. 25. And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that 
arc in heaven shall be shaken. 

Ver. 26. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the 
clouds with great power and glory. 

Ver. 32. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the 
angels which are in heaven, neither the Son but the Father. Matt, 
xxiv. 29 to 44. 

1 Thess. V. 2. The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the 
night. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 

2 Thess. ii, 3. The day shall not come, except there come a fal- 
ling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 

Ver. 8. Whom the Lord shall consume, Sec. 

V. Uses to be made of the doctrine of a future judgment, and its 
consequences ; for encouraging stedfastness and perseverance in sun- 
dry graces and duties of the christian life, Luke xxi. 34. Take heed 
to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be over-charged with sur- 
feiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life, and so that day 
come upon you unay/ares, compare 1 Pet. iv.45. 



482 Of a "Future Judgment. Chap. XX „ 

Luke xxl. 35. For as a snare shall It come on all them that dwell 
on the face of the earth, 

Luke xxi. 36. Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may 
be accounted worthy, to escape all these things that shall come to 
pass, and to stand before the Son of man. See Matt. xxiv. 42, 44 
to 51. Mark xiii. 33 to 37. 

1 Cor. i. 8. The Lord Jesus Christ shall confirm you unto the end, 
that ye may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

iv. 4. He thatjudgeth me is the Lord. See Christ shall judge. 

Ver. 5. Therefore judge nothing before the time, till the Lord come. 
See Matt. vii. 1, 2. Rom. xiv. 3, 10, 13. Col. ii. 16. James iv. 11. 

Acts. xvii. 30. The times of ignorance God winked at, but now 
commandeth all men every where to repent. 

Ver. 31, Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge 
the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall ye 
appear with him in glory. 

Ver. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the 
upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Ver. 8. Also put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy com- 
munications out of your mouth- 

Ver. 9. Lie not. 

Ver. 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of 
the inheritance. 

1 Thess. ii. 19. We who are ministers, what is our hope or joy 
or crown of rejoicing ? are* not even ye in the presence of our Lord 
Jesus Christ at his coming ? 

iii. 12. The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one 
toward another, and toward all men. 

Ver, 13. To the end he may stabllsh your hearts unblameable in 
holiness before God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ with all his saints. 

iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in 
the air, so shall we be ever with the Lord. 

Ver. 18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

V. 2. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night. 2 Pet. 
iii. 10. 

Ver. 4. But ye, brethren are not in darkness, that that day should 
overtake you us a thief. 

Ver. 6. Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch 
and be sober. 

i Thess. V. 8. Putting on the breast-plate of faith, and love, and 
for an helmet the hope of salvation. 

2. Thess. ii. 1. We beseech you brethren by the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him. 

Ver. 2. That ye be not soon shaken in mind. 

1 Tim. vi. 14. Keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable 
until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. See Obedience to Christ, 

Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live 
soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world. 



Chap. XX. Of a Future Judgment, 48S 

Tit. ii. 13. Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appear- 
ing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

James v. 7. Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. 

Ver. 8. Stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth 
nigh. 

I Pet.i. 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious 
than that of gold that perisheth, though it be tried by fire, might be 
found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus 
Christ. 

Ver. 9. Ye receiving the end of your faitli, the salvation of your 
souls. 

Ver. 13. Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to 
the end, for the grace that shall be brought to you at the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 14. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according 
to the former lusis in your ignorance. 

Ver. 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in 
all manner of conversation. 

1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of all things is at hand, be ye therefore so- 
ber and Vi^atch unto prayer. 

Ver. 13. Rejoice, in as much as ye are partakers of Christ's suffer- 
ings, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with 
exceeding joy. 

2 Pet. iii. II. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, 
what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and 
godliness. 

Ver. 12. Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, 
when the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent hear. Ver. 13, 14. 

1 John ii, 8. Little children, abide in Christ, that when he shall 
appear ye may have confidence, and not be ashamed at his coming. 

iv. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have bold- 
ness in the day of judgment. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his 
judgment is come, and worship him that made heaven and earth and 
the fountains of waters. 

VL The dissolution of the heavens and the earth, Ps. cii. 25. The 
heavens are the work of thine hands, 

Ver. 26. They shall perish but thou shalt endure, yea all of them 
shall wax old like a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou, (Christ, 
Heb. i. 10, 11, 12.) change them and they shall be changed. 

2 Pet. iii. 7. The heavens and the earth which are now are kept in 
store, reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and. perdition 
of ungodly men. 

Ver. 10. The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works 
that are therein shall be burnt up. Ver. 12, 

Ver. 13. Nevertheless we according to his promise look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. See Rev. 
vi. 14. Isa. xxxiv. 24.— Ii. 6. — Ixv. 17.—lxvi. 22, 

Ppp 



1-84 The Happiness of the Righteous. Chap. XX. 

THE HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 

VII. The happiness of the righteous in heaven^ is inc one eh ably great, 
I Cor. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered 
into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them 
that love him. Isa. Ixir. 4. 

1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be, but Wc know that when he shall ap- 
pear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Rom. viii. 29. 
Phil. iii. 21. 

VIII. Christians are heirs. Rom. viii. 17. If children then 
heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs of Christ. Chap. iv. 7. 

Gal. iii. 27. Heirs according to the promise. Eph. iii. 6. 

Tit. iii. 17. Heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

Heb. i. 17. Heirs of salvation. 

vi. 17. Heirs of promise. Chap. xi. 7, 10. Heirs of righteousness 
by faith. 

James ii. 5. Heirs of a kingdom which God hath prepared for them 
that love him. 

1 Pet. iii. 7, Heirs of the grace of life. 

Christians have an inheritance, a kingdom^ i^c. 

Matt. xix. 21. Thou shalt have treasure in heaven, 

Ver. 29. Shall inherit everlasting life. 

XXV. 34. Christ will say, come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you, from the foundation of the world. Luke 
xii. 32. 

Luke xxii. 29. I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father 
hath appointed unto me. 

Ver. 30. That ye may eat at my table, and drink in my kingdom. 

Acts xiv. 20. We must through manifold tribulations enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

XX. 32. To an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith, 
in Jesus Christ. Chap. xxvi. 18. 

Rom. V. 17. They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift 
of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 12. 
If we suffer with Christ we shall also reign with him. Matt. xix. 28. 

Gal. iii. 18. An inheritance not of law, but of promise. Rom.iv.l4. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained an inheritance. 

Ver. 14. The spirit of promise is the earnest of our inheritance. 

Ver. 18. The glory of God's inheritance in the saints. 

Col. i, 12. The Father hath made us meet to be partakers of the in- 
heritance of the saints in light. 

Col. iii. 24. Of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inhe- 
ritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 12, God hath called us to his kingdom and glory. 

2 Thess. i. 5. That ye may be accounted worthy of the kingdom 
for which ye suffer. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord shall preserve me to his heavenly king- 
dom. 

Heb. ix. 15. Christ the mediator, &c. that they might receive the 
promise of eternal inheritance. 



Chap. XX. The Happiness cf the Righteous. 485 

Heb. X. 34. An enduring substance. Chap. xii. 28, A kingdom 
that cannot be moved. 

2 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope. 

Ver. 4. To an inheritance incorruptible, undeflled, and that fadeth 
not away, reserved in heaven. 

2 Pet. i. 11. An entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly 
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Rev. i. 6. Jesus Christ hath made us kings and priests u^ito God 
and his Father. Chap. v. 10. — xx. 4, 6. See Luke vi. 20, — xiii.285 
29 — -xiv. 15. 

xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all things. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. Ver. 10. Gal. v. 21. Eph. v. 5. 

IX. The righteous have rest. Job. iii. 17. There (in heaven) the 
weary are at rest. 

Ps. cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my soul. 
Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way and ye shall find rest unto youv 
souls. Isa. Ivii. 2. 

Matt. xi. 28. Gome unto me (said Jesus,) and I will give you rest. 
Ver. 29. Ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

2 Thess. i. 7. God will give you rest, when the Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven. 

Heb, iv. 9. There remaineth a rest for the people of God. 
Ver. 11. Let us labour to enter into that rest. 
Rev. xiv. 13, The dead which die in the Lord, rest from their la- 
bour, and their works do follow them. 

X. Others enjoy mansions^ a neiv heaven, an heavenly temple, I'^ght, 
i5*c. John xiv. 2. In my Father's house are many mansions, I go to 
prepare a place for you. 

Ver. 3. 1 will come again and receive you unto myself, that where 
I am, there ye may be also. 

2 Pet. iii. 13. We look for new heavens, and anew earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

Rev. iii. 4. They shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 

Rev. xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and the lamb are the tern* 
pic of it. 

Ver. 23. The glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light 
thereof. 

xxii. 4. And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their 
foreheads. 

Ver. 5. The Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for 
ever and ever. 

XI. They are present with Christ, John xvii. 24. I will that they 
also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they 
may behold my glory which thou hast given me. Chap. xii. 26. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye 
also appear with him in glory. 1 John iii. 2. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the 
Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not 
defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white for they 
are worthy. 



486 The Happiness of the Righteous, ChAP. XX. 

Rev. iii. 21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me 
in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my 
Father in his throne. Ver. 5. 

Rev. vii. 15. They are before the throne of God, and serve him 

day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth on the throne shall 
dwell among them. 

xiv. 4. These are they which follow the lamb, withersoever he 
goeth, these were re'Jeem-d from among men, being the first fruits 
unto God and to the Ldinb. Ver. 5. 

XII. Are in a state of joy. Ps. xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the 
path of life, in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand 
are pleasures for evermore. Ps.xxxvi. 8,9. Isa. xxxv. 10. 

Matt XXV. 21. Enter into the joy of thy Lord. 
Jiide 24. He is able to present you faultless before the presence 
of his glory with exceeding joy. 

XIII. Free from pain and sorrow, Isa. xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant 
shall not say I am sick, the proplc that dwell there shall be forgiven 
their iniquity. 

xxxv. 10. Sorrow and sighing shall fly away. 

Ix. l9. The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither shall 
the moon give light unto thee, but the Lord shall be unto thee an 
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Ver. 20. 

Matt, vi 20. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nei- 
ther moth nor rust doth corrupt nor thieves break through and steal. 

Rev, vii. 15? They are before the throne of God, and serve him 
day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth on the throne shall 
lead them? 

Ver. 16. And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, 
neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat. 

Ver. 17. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall 
feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and 
Qod shall wipe a\yay all tears from their eyes. 

N. B. The above texts from Isaiah though prophetical of the happy 
. state of the church on earth, are more strictly true and expressive 
of the happiness of glorified saints in heaven. 

Rev. xxi. 4. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and 
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall 
there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away. 

xxi'. 3. There shall be no more curse, but the throne of God 
and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him. 

XIV. Eternal life is from God, Ps. xi. 6. Thou wilt shew me the 
path of life. Acts ii. 28. 

xxxvi. 9. With thee is the fountain of life. 

l??.iii. 3. Thy loving kindness is better than life. 

Rev. xxii. 1. I beheld a pure river of water of life, clear as crys- 
tal proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 

Ver. 2. In the midst of the street and of either side of the river 
was the Tree of Life. See life through Christ. 

XV. Life promised to sundry graces and duties. See promises to 
faith in Christy to obedience. Lev. xviii. 5. Keep my statutes and my 



Chap. XX. The Happiness of the Righteous, 487 

judgmerKSj which if a man do he shali live in them. . Neh. ix. 29, 
Ezek. XX. 11, 13, 21. Rom. x 5. Gal. iii. 5. 

Ezek. xviii. 9. He that hath Avalked in my statutes and kept my 
judgements, he shall surely live. Ver. 17, 19. Chap, xxxiii. 13. 

Matt. xix. 16. One came and said unto Jesus, good master, what 
good thing shall I do that 1 may have eternal life ! 

Ver. 17 Jesus said unto him if thou wilt enter into life, kr-ep the 
commandments. Ver, i8, 19,21. Mark x. 17, 19. Luke x 25, &c. 

John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gatheretb fruit 
unto life eternal, that he that soweth and he th^t reapeth may rejoice 
together. 

xii. 50. The Father's commandment is life everlasting. 

Rom ii. 7. To them who hy patient continuance in well doing 
seek for glory, honour and immortality, God will give eternal life. 

vi. 22. Being made free fr^m sin, and become the servants of God, 
ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life. 

Rev. ii, 7. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree 
of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 

xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may 
have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates 
into the city. See promises to obedience, to good works, well-dc- 
ing, 8tc. 

XVI. 'To the righteous. Prov. xi. 19. Righteousness tendeth to 
life. Ver. 30. Chap. xxi. 21. 

xii. 28, In the way of righteousness is life, and in the path way 
thereof is no death. 

Matt, XXV. 46. The righteous shall go into life eternal. See pro- 
mises to the righteous. 

XVII. To the spiritually minded. Rom. vlii. 6. To be spiritually 
minded is life and peace. Ver. 10, 13. 

Gal. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reao 
life everlasting. 

XVIII. To seeking God. Ps.xxii. 26. Your hearts shall live that 
seek him. 

Amos v. 4. Seek ye me, and your soul shall live. See seeking God's 
promises. 

XIX. To godliness. See promises to godliness. 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, 
and of that which is to come. 

XX. To the fear of God. See promises to fearing God. 

Prov. xiv. 27, The fear of the lord is a fountain of life to depart 
from the snares of death. Chap. xix. 23, — xxii. 4. 

XXL To lo'oing God. See promises to loving God. 

James i. 12. A crown of life he hath promised to them that love 
him. 

XXII. To mortification^ dying unto sin. Matt, xviii. 8. If thy 
hand or thy foot oilend thee, cut them off and cast them from you, it 
13 better for thee to enter into life, hak or maimed, rather than having 
two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 

Ver, 9, If thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee, 
it is better for thee co enter into life with one eye, rather than having 
two eyes to be cast into heil ^^rt. 



488 Future Punishmems. ChAP. XX. 

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ we shall also live with him. 

Ver. 1 1. Reckon ye yourselves to be dead indeed to ain, but alive 
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not 
I, but Christ liveth in me. Rom. viii. 3. 

2 Tim. ii, 11. If we be dead with Christ we shall also live with him. 

XXIII. To suffering for Christ*s sake. Matt. x. 39. He that 
loseth his life for my sake shall find it. John xii. 25. 

xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sis- 
ters, or father or mother, or wife or children, or lands for my name's 
sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 

XXIV. To perseverance. Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto 
death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Matt. x. 22. 

XXV. To those that overcome. Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh 
will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the pa- 
radise of God. See ver. 11, 17, 26. Ch. iii. 5, 12, 21. Ch. xxi. 7. 

XXVI. To repentance. See promises to repentance, conversion, 
turning, &c. 

Acts xi. 18. Then hath God unto the Gentiles granted repentance 
unto life. 

XXVII. To the tuise. See promises to the love and study of wisdom. 
Prov. iv, 4. Wisdom saith, keep my commandments and live, 
viii. ^5» Whoso findeth wisdom findeth life, and shall obtain fa- 
vour of the Lord. Ch. xvi. 22. 

£ccl. vii. 12. Wisdom giveth life. See chap. xiii. 14.— xv. 24^ 

FUTURE PUNISHMENTS. 

Sinners that shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven* 

Matt. V. 20. Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteous- 
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. Ch. vii. 21, 22, 23. Jesus said, not every one, 
that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of hea- 
ven, but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 

Ver. 22. Many will say unto me in that day. Lord, Lord, have 
we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and 
in thy name done many wonderful works ? 

Ver. 23'. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you, 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Luke xiii. 26. 

xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye 
shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mark x. 15. 

Mark X. 23, 24, 25,27. Jesns said, how hardly shall they that 
have riches, enter into the kingdom of God ? how hard is it for them 
that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God ?— It is easier 
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God.— .With men it is impossible, but 
not with God, for with God all things are possible. 

Luke xiii. 24. Strive to enter into at the strait gate, for many 
shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Matt. vii. 13. For wide is 
the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many 
there be which go in thereat, because strait is the gate, and narrow 
is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 



Chap. XX. Future Punishments. 489 

John ill. 3. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the king- 
dom of God. 

Ver. 5. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can- 
not enter into the kingdom of God. 

1. Cor. vi. 9, Know ye not, that the unrighteous shall not enter 
into the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves 
with mankind. 

Ver. 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, 
nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

XV. 50. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these? 
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness. 

Ver. 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath^ 
strife, seditions, heresies. 

Ver. 21. Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings and such like, 
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, 
that they which do such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God, 

Eph. v. 5. No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous 
man who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God 
and of Christ. 

Heb. iii. 19. The Jews could not enter into the promised land, 
because of unbelief. 

iv. 1. Let us fear lest a promise being left us, of entering into his 
rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise enter into the heavenly Jeru- 
salem, any thing that deflleth, neither whatsoever worketh an abo- 
mination, or maketh a lie. Chap. xx« 15. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers and 
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 
Chap. xxi. 8. 

XXVIII. The greatest punishment and sufferings in this life, set 
forth in the language expressive of future punishments. 

Deut. iv. 24. The Lord thy God is a consuming fire. Heb. xii. 29, 

xxxii. 22. A fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the 
lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on 
fire the foundations of the mountains. 

Ps. xi. 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain fire and brimstone and an 
horrible tempest. Ps. 1. 3. 

Ps. xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies 
round about. See instances hereof. Gen. xix. 24. Exod. ix. 23, 24. 
Lev. X. 2. 2 Kings i. 12. 
Isa. xiv. 9, Hell from beneath is moved, to meet thee at thy coming,- 

xxxiii. 14. Who of us shall dwell with devouring fire, who of us 
shall dwell with everlasting burnings : 

XXXV. 4. God will come with vengeance, Sec. 

Ixvi. 14, The indignation of the Lord shall be known toward his 
enemies. 

Ver. 15. For behold the Lord will come with fire, and with his 
chariots, like a whirlwind, to render' his anger with fury, and his re- 
buke with flames of fire. 



490 Future Punishments, Chap. XX. 

Isa. Ixvi. 24. Themen that have transp;ressed against me, their worm 
shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise your hearts to the Lord, take away the fore- 
skin of your hearts, lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none 
can quench it, for the evil of your doings. Ch. xxi. 12. 

Lam. ii. 4. He poured out his fury like fire. Ezek. xxxviii. 22. 

Amos. V. 6. Seek ye the Lord anc| ye shall live, lest he break out like 
fire, and devour, and there be none to quench it. 

Nah. i. 5. ! he mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the 
earth is burnt up at his presence, yea the world and all that dwell 
therein. 

Hab. iii. 5. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went 
forth at his feet. 

Mai. lii. 2. Who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall 
stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire and fuller's 
soap. 

iv. 1. Behold the day of the Lord cometh, that shall burn as an o 
ven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble? 
and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts. 

^'K.YK.The fmrdshmtnt of the ivicked in a future state is thus set forth, 

Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the na- 
tions that forget God. Ps. Ixxix. 6. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every branch that beareth not fruit, is hewn down 
and cast into the fire. Ch. vii. 19. Every tree that bringeth not forth 
good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 

V. 22. Whosoever shall say to his brother, thou fool, shall be in 
danger of hell fire. 

X. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

xiii. 40. As the tares are gathered, and burnt in the fire, so shall 
it be in the end of the world. 

Ver. 41. 'J he Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they 
shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which 
do iniquity. 

Ver. 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

xxiii. 29. Woe unto you hypocrites. Sec. 

Ver. S3. How can ye escape the damnation of hell? ' 

XXV. 41. Christ shall say unto them on the left hand, depart from 
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his 
angels. 

Ver. 42. For I was anhungered, and he gave me no meat, I was 
thirsty and ye gave me no drink. 

Ver. 43. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in, naked and ye 
clothed me not, sick and in prison and ye visted me not. 

Ver. 45. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye 
did not unto me. 

Ver. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment. 

Mark ix. 43. If thy hand offend thee cut it off, it is better for 
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell. 

Ver, 45. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off, it is better for thee 



Chap. XX. Future Punislu.ients* 491 

I'o enter halt into life, than having- two feet, to be cast into hell, into 
the tire that never shall be qiienciied. 

ivlariv ix. 4 7. And if thine eye otiendthee, pluck it out, it is better 
for thee t j enter into the kin2,dom of God with one eye, than having two 
eyes, to be cast into hCii tire. 

Vcr. 48. Where their worm dieth not. and their fire is not quench- 
ed. Iviatt. V. 29.— xviii. S, 9. 

Luke iii. 17- He will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff 
lie will burn v.'iih lire unquenchable. 

xvi 23. In hell the rich inan lift up his eyes, being in torment. 

Ver. 24. Torn^ented in this flame. Ver. 25, 28, 

Rom. ix. 22. God enduretn with much iong-sunering the vessels of 
wrath, fitted to destruction. 

Phil. iii. 18, 19. The enemies of the cross of Christ, their end is de- 
struction. 

1 fncs^. V. 2. The day of the Lord so comcth, as a thief in the 
nignt. 

Ver. 3 When they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruc- 
tion cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with chiid, and they 
shall not escape. 2 Pet. iii. 10, 12. Rev. iii. 3. — xvi. 15. 

2 Thess. i. 7. The Lord Jesus shah be revealed from heaven with 
his mighty angels, 

Ver. 8. In Haming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 

ii, 8. Then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall 
consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 
brightness of his coming. 

Ver. 12. That they all might be damned, who believed not the" 
^ruth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. vi. 8. The end of the unfruitful is to be burned. Matt. iii. 
10. — vii. 19. 

X. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour the adversaries. 

Ver. 28. He that despised Moses law died without mercy. 

Ver. 29. Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought wor- 
thy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted 
the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy 
thing, and hath done despite unto txhe Spirit of grace ? 

Ver. oO. Vengeance is mine, I will i^compense, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living 
God. Heb. xii. 29. For our God is a consuming tire. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. He spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserv- 
ed unto judgment. 

Ver. 9. i he Lordknoweth hov/ to deliver the godly out of temp- 
tation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be 
punished. 

Ve-r. 10. But chiefly them who walk after the flesh, in the lusts of 
uncleanness. 

iii. 7. Ihe heavens and the earth are kept in store, reserved unto 
fire, against the day of judgmeiVc, and perdition of ungodly men. 



Future Pum^hiii tnts, C hap. X X 

f lude V. S6d65Ti and Gomorrha are set f<^r an example, sikflfeHng 
the vengeance of eternal lire. 

Rev. xiv. 9. If any tnan shaiJ worship the beast and hh image, and 
■Bhall receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 

Ver. 10. 1 he same shall drink of tl,e wine of the wrath of God, 
poured out without mixture, into the cup of his indignation, aiid he 
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone. 

Ver. 11. The smoke of their torment ascendethup for ever and 
ever, and they have no rest day nor night. 

xviii. 9. They shall see the sinoke of iheir burning. 

xix. 20. The beast an4 the false prophet were cast alive 'into the 
lake of fire buming- with brimstone. 

XX. 10. The devil was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone 
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day 
an 1 night, for ever and ever. 

Ver. 14. Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire ; this is the 
second death. 

Ver. 15. And whosoiBver xvasnot found written in the Lamb's book 
of life, was cast into the lake of fire. 

xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and 
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and 
liars, shall have their part in the lake, that burneth with fire and 
brimstone, which is the second death. Gh. xxii. 5. 

JV. B. The reader may obsfe^rv^ the drfeadfulness and duration of the 
foregoing punishments mentioned : Also, against what sins they arc 
denounced. See also threats denounced against the variousjiorts 
of sinnei^, in the words Wicked, Ungodly, Disobedient, Unbe- 
lievers, &c. in this work* 



THE END. 



INDEX. 



NOT'E IKT THE FOLLOWING INDEX, THE NUMERICAL LETTERS RJl- 

FER TO THE SECTIONS, AND THE FIGURES TO THE PAGE. 



ABHORRED of God, who are so, 

cliv. 56. 
Abhorring- one's self for sin, xxx. 471- 
Ability for obedience, ixiii. 280. 
—For g-ood works, Ixxv. 288. 
Able to do every thing, God is so,lxviii- 

16. 
Abominableness of sin, cxii. 297. 
Access to God in prayer, xxxi. 1,88. 
Admonish one another, Ivi. 354. 
Adoption is of grace, cxxvii. 46. 
— Promised to faitli, xxii. 187. 
Adversaries of God, cxxvi. 303. 
Adversity of man in God's hand,lxx. 16, 
Adversity, rejoicing- in it, cxi. 209. 
J^dultery and fornication, cxlix. 426. 
Affection, natural, how destroyed, 

Ixxxvii. 389. 
Affliction, deliverance from it, matter 

of praise to God, ccxxiv. 253. 
Alive, the rig-hteous are only truly so, 

Ixxxvii. 192. 
Almig-hty God, Ix. 16. 
Alms called g-race, cxxx. 47. 
— Must accompany prayer, clxxii. 234. 
— Required of christians, clxvii. 434. 
Amendment of life, xxxvi. 472. 
Angels, their numbers and names, 

xvii. xviii. 61. 
— Their employment about mankind, 

xxi.61. 
— Theyhave revealed God's will, xxiii. 

62. * 
— They have inflicted God's judg- 
ments, xxiv. 63. 
— Tlieir attendance on Christ, xxv.' 

xxvi, 64. 
— Their work at the day of judgment, 

xxvii, 64. 
— They worship God, xxviii. 65. 
— They worship Christ, xxix. 65. 
— They are not to be worshipped, cli. 

229. 
—Anger ascribed to God, cxlvii. 53. 
'—Threatened against simiers, cxlviii. 

54. 
Anger in men, xvi. xvii. xylii. S39. 
Apostacy from God,lxxxi. 111. 
Apostles, theirxommission, cxv. 400. 



— Their power, cxvi. 402. 
— Their miracles, Ivii. 125. 
— Their inspiration by the Splrit,il. 
' 164. 

— Their writing by the Spirit, xi. 166. 
Applause of men not sought by Christ, 

xiii. 115. 
— Not sought by ministers of Christ, 

cxxv. 411. 
Appointments of God, x. 72. 
Arm pf God, denoting his power, Ixii. 

16. 
Arrogancy, xlvli. 379- 
Ascension of Christ, xliv. 121. 
Astray from God, cxlviii. 228. 
Assistance in prayer from the Spirit, 

clxvii. 232. 
Assurance of faith, cxxxiii. 223. 
Atonement of Christ, xxxiv. 156. 
Author of faith, xv. xvi. xvii. 183. 

B. 

Back-biting, clxxxv. 445. 
Backsliding from God, cxlvii. 228. 
Baptism, i . 158. 

Bearing with one another's weaknes- 
ses and infirmities. Ixv. 557. 
Being of God, how evidenced, i. 3, and 

'v. 176. 
Believers, promises to them^ 186. to 

189. 
Benefits of Christ to mankind, 144, 

to 158. 
Benefits of Christ against sin, xvii. 150 
Blameless, xlii. 349. 
Blasphemy, cxciii. 328. 
Blessedness of God, xxiii. 6. 
Blessings of God to his people, cxliv. 

50. 
— To whom promised, cxliv. 51. 
— Promised by way of covenant, cxlvi. 

53. 
— Through Christ, matter of praise, 

ccxvii. 250. 
. — Spiritual, cause of joy, cvii. 203. 
: — God's power therein, xv. 18. 
Blind cured by Christ, liii. 124. 
Blood of Christ, its efficacy, xxxii. 154- 
Boasting m God, cxix. 21^. 
Eoastiiig sinfully, cxx. 219, & liv. 379. 



494 



INDEX. 



Bo(!v of Christ formed hv the IIolv 

Ghost, iii. 163. 
Bodies of mankind v/lU be chang-edby 

Christ, Hi. 135. 
Boldness of Christ's servants in speak - 

i^irhis truth, cxxvii.411. 
Bounty in God, cxlii. 50. 
— In men, c?^li:i. 50. 
Brerd, daily, to bepraved for, clxxxiii. 

237. 
— God to be praised for it, ccxxiii. 252. 
Bretl^ren, the duties of christians as 

s'ch,xli. 87. 
Broken heart, xl. 271. 
Brother, Christ so called, ^iii. 88. 
Builder, God is so to his church, Ixxjx. 

liO. 
Burial of Christ, xxxviii. 120. 



Calamities on wiclred parents and chil- 
dren, xxKx'iii. 388. 

— On the chiidrenof the wicked, Ixxzil. 
388. I 

Ca^lins: of God's people, xv. 73. 

— Is of pTace, cxxiv. 45. | 
—U hofv, xcvii. 32. I 
— Persons called of God to offices, xvj. | 

78. ' 

Care of God for his people, cause of 

joy, c. 207. 
—'Causeof praise, ccxx. 251. 
Care of Christ fo his people, xviii. 152. 
Cast off, who are so, xxxv. 83. 

— Who are not so, xxxiii. 82. 
Ch?ir"ty, V. vi. 335. 

Childless., promises to them, xc. 339 
Children, their duties toward parents, 

xri.3^^0. 
—Dutiful, blessed, ::cii. 390, 
■^Undutifvd, cursed, xciii. 390. 
Children desired, Ixxvii. 387. 
.^Proiinised, Ixsvj. 386. 
— God's care of them, Ixxix. 388. 
— Duties toward them, Ixvi. 384. 
— Of God, how made so, xxxvii. 84. 
—Their duties and marks, xxxix. 86. 

— Their blessin-esj xxxv'ii. 85. 
Cluldrcn of the devl5, Ixxxviii. 2^2. 
.r-What the wicked are children of, 

xl. 87. 
Chosen of God, see election, xii. 

72.— xiil 74.— xiv. 75^ 
Christ, prophecies concrjrning' him, 

112 to 122.- . 
—II^s incarnation, iii. 113. 
.r^itis miracles, 112 to 126. 
-^His g'lory, i. 126. 



Chrifst, liis exaltation, iv. 12.7, 
—His titles, i. 128. 
— II's works, i. 135. 
— rlis w^rsliip, i, 139. 
— His perfections, i. 140. 
— His benefits, i. 144. 

Ac^ainst sin, xvii. 150. 

— His benefits, cause of joy, xcv. 20.7. 
— Cause of praise, ccxvi. 250. 
Church of God, prayers for it. 

clxxxviii. 238. 
—God's power toward it, Ixxili. 18. 
Clean he:u-t, xxxix. 271. 
Cleanse, God dolh cleanse his people, 

XXV. 80. 
— Duty to cleanse ourselves, xxv. 87, 
Clouds, wind and rain created, vii. viii' 

58. 
Comfort to believers, xxix. 188. 
—Is the g-ift of God, cxii. 209. 
—Giving- it to one another, Ixiii. 256. 
Coming- to God throuo-Ii Christ, cxlii. 

226. 
Comln,^ to Christ, cxlii, 226. 
Commiands of God are ricrht, l-.-xxIIi 

28. 

Commands of God are faithfid, xc. 30. 

Commuuications,evil, forbidden, cxcij 
447. 

Compare, notliino; to God, x. 4. 

Compassion ascribed to God, cviii. 41: 

— To Mhom exercised, cix. 41. 

— Instances thereof, ex. 41. 

Compassioa ascribed to CJirist, cxi" 
42.- 

Compassion in men, xlv. 550. 

—God excites it toward liis people, 
cviii. 41. 

Conceit, being- wise tlsereln, xiv. 367: 

Confessing Christ, xi. 1/9. 

Coiifession of sin, xxxii 471. 

— To be made in prayer, clxs. 232. 

Confidence of the righteous in God-,' 
cxxx. 222. 

Confidence of the wicked, sinful; 

cxxxii. 221. 
Conscience, g-ood, xlviii. 375. 
—How attained, xlix. 276. 
— Evil conscience, Iii. 276. 
— Naluril, its force, 1. 276. 
— Weak, not to be wounded, li. 276. 
Consideration, xiii. 467. 
Contention, xx. 340. 
Contentious, fools are so, xx. 368. 
Contentment, xxvii. 372. 
Contrite heart, xl. 271. 
Correctirg- children, Ixsii- 385. 
CoiTupticn of sin, xcv. 294. 
Covenant of God,, holy, xcvii. 3S: 



I N D E X. 



4!W 



Covenarst blesslnj^s, cxlvl. 53. \\ 

Covenants with the heathen inhab'tant.i'j 

o^ Canaan forbidden to the Jews,!] 

0x1. 316. jl 

Covenants Avith them punished, cxli.| 

315. 
Covetonsness in g-eneral, cc. 451. 
— In mag-lstrates, ciii. 396. 
—In ministers^ cxxxiv. 417. 
Counsels of God, iv. 70. 
— Are faithful, xc. 30. 
Counsel, God giveth it to his people, 

li.94. 
— The w-icked are deprived of it, lii. 

94. 
— The dutv of giving and receiving it, 

xlix. 353. 
—Rejecting evil counsel, the wisdom 

tiiereof, 1. 353. 
Creation of all things, i. 57. 
— The wisdom of God in it, Iv. 14. 
— The power of God in it, Ixxi. 17* 
— Done by Christ, i. 135. 
—The Spirit's work in it, i. 162. 
—Cause of joy to angels, cix. 20*8. 
Creator, God is so to his people, Ixxvi. 

108. 
Creatures, christians are new ones, 

Ixxvii. 109. 
Creatures in the sea and land made, 

ix. 58. 
Crucifixion of Christ, xxix. 118. 
Cruelty, xlvi. 351. 
Cures, miraculous ones performed by 

Christ, li. 123. 
Cursing, the sin thereof, cxciv. 448. 



D. 



Darkness, works thereof, Ixxxiv. 291 
David, Christ descended from liim,! 

xxxviii. 158. 
Dead works, Ixxxvii. 292. 
Dead raised by Christ, liv. 124. 
—Will all be raised by Christ, ii. 135. 
Deaf cured by Christ, iiii. 124. 
Death prevails over all, iv. 475. 

— Preparative duties for it, v. vi. 476. 
Death of the righteous happv, xi. 264. 

— vil. 476. 
Death of the wicked miserable, viii. 

477. 
Death of Christ, xxxvi. 119. 

— Its elficacy, xxxi. 154. 
Deceiving- by false doctrine, cxxxvii. 

419. 
Decrees of God, ix. 72. 
Defence, God is so to his people, xlviii. 

92. 



Defilement of sin, xcrVn. 295. 
Dc'-dit in God, cxiv. 211. 
-I'l Christ, cxvi. 211. 
Deliverance from sickness, Ixvi. 102^- 

— From enemies, Ixvit. 102. 
— From sins,lxxli. 105. 

— To whom promised, Ixix. 104. 

— Of God's church, cause of jov, cvih 
208. 

Deliverer, Christ so called, lxviii.103. 

—V. 147. 
Denviny; God, ii. 176. 
Denvin?: Christ, xxvi. 118.— xii. 179, 
Departing from God, cxl. 228. 
Descent of Christ, iv. 113. 
Desiring God, Ixxxiv. 204. 
Despising Christ, xv. 116. 
Despising ministers of Christ, csllu 

423. 
Despising one another, xxxi. 345. 
Destruction of the wicked, ccxlii. 259. 
Determinations of God, vii. 71. 
Devils, their sin and punishment, xx2» 

65. 
— Their enmity, xxxiii. 66. 
— Their knowledge, xxxv. 67* 
— They were cast out by Christ, lii, 
123. ^ - 

— They were overcome by Christ, 
xxxviii 67. 

Hovr to be overcome by Christians, 
xxxix. 68. 
— Works, and children of the devil^,, 

Ixxxviii. 292. 
Diligence and industry, vi. 362, 
Direction from God, Ivi. 95. 
— Pi'omised to believers, xxvii. 187. 

Discontentment, xxviii. 372. 
Dishonouring God, ccxxxii 256. 
Disobedience to God, Ixviii. 284. 
—To Christ, Ixxii. 286. 
— To parents, xciii. 390. 

— To magistrates, cxiv. 399. 
— To ministers, cxliv. 423. 

Disp\-tcs about religion, cxciii. 448v- 

Diviners, clxiii- 324. 

Divisions, xxxiv. 346. 

Divorce, iviii. 332. 

Dominion of God, i. 69. 

Doxologies, or glory ascribed to GoS 
in worship, ccxxxix. 257. 

Drawing near to God, cxli. 226. 

Dreadiulness of God, clviii. 56. 

Drunkenness, iii. iv. 361. 

In magistrates, iv. 396. 

In ministers, cxxxv. 418. 

Duties accompanying faith, xiv. 18i> 

Tov/ard&od and Christ, i. 176. &Ci^ 



4,99 



INDEX. 



B. 



Edifying; one anather, liil. 354. 
Efficacy of prayer in working mira- 
cles., cxcix. 240. 
—In defeating- enemies, cc. 215. 
Election of g-race, cxxiii. 45. 
—Of Jews, xii. 72. 
— Of Christians, xiii. 74. 
—Of persons to office, xiv. 75. 
E»\cmies of God, csxvi. 303. 
Enemies to be prayed for, rxc. 239. 
— Overcome by prayer, cc. 241. 
—Their prevailing- occasions fast- 
ing- and prayer, clii. 231. 
— Pravers ag-ainst evil from them, 

sxi. 241. 
— God redeemeth his people from 

them. I. 93. 
—God delivereth from them, Uvii. 

102. 
— Deliverance from them, cause of 

praise to God, ccxxv. 253. 
— Salvation from them, cause of joy 

in God, ciii. 207. 
- — God excited compassion in them 

toward his people, cviii. 41. 
—The wicked delivered up to their 

fears of enemies, Ixv. 200. 
■ — The wicked delivered into their 

enemies hands, Ixxiii, 105. 
Enlightened persons, their duties, 

vi! 177. 
Enquiring- of those who are no Gods 

forbidden, cxlvi. 318. 
Enticing others to sin, Isvlii. 359. 
Envy, xi. xii. xiii. 338. 
— Known to God, xlix. 14. 
Eternal life is from God, xlv. 486. 
Eternal life to whom promised, xv. 

486. 
Eternity of God, vii. 5. 
—Of Christ, xiii. 144. See Christ's 
g-lory before his incarnation, i.l26. 
Everlasting God, xviii. 5. 
Evil doers to be avoided, Ixxxi. 289. 
Evil doing, Ixxix. 289. 
Evil men, cxvili. 299. — Doing evil 

to men, xxxvill. 348. 
Exaltation of Christ, Iv. vl. vii. 127. 
Exalted, God is so, xxvli. 7. 
Exalting self, the sin and punishment 

tliereof, 1. 379. 
Examination of self, the duty thereof, 

cxvli. 402. 
Example, giving, Ixvil 339. 
Excellency of God, xxviii. 7. 
Exccllencvof Christj XX. 152.- 



Excommunicatlon, cxvil. 402. 
Exhort one another, liv. 354. 
Expectation from God, cxxiii. 215. 
— That God will liear prayer, cxcvl. 

240. 
Expectation of the wiclyedjCxxlv. 215 

F. 

Faith in God, vili. 178. 

—In Christ, ix. 179. 

—God is glorified by it, ccxxxvi. 257. 

— The author, cause and means ofl, 

XV. xviii. 183. 
— Marks and evidence of true faltli, 

xlv. 181. 
—•Through grace, cxxxiil. 48. 
— Promises to faith, xx. 186.— -xciii. 

205. 
— Prayer to be made with it, clxv. 

232. 
Faithfulness of God, lx?xix. 30. 
— In his promises, xci. 30. 
— In his threatening^, %cu. 31. 
Falthf(dness of Christ, xc. 30. 
Faithfulness in friendship, Ixiv. 356. 
Fall of man into sin. %v. 61. 
Familiar spirits, 324. 
Fasting appointed, cliv. 230. 
— What kind is acceptable,cixvi.230. 
-—What kind unacceptable, clvii. 

230. _ 
— Occasions of fasting, clvili. 231. 
— Voluntary fasting, clxl. 231. 
— Miraculous fasting, civ. 230. 
Father, God is so to his people, xxxvi.. 



-To Christ, 



128. 



teous, cxxxviii. 49. 
— Deny'd to the wicked, cxxxix. 50. 
Favour with men promised to the 

righteous, cxl. 50. 
— Denv'd to the wicked, cxli. 50. 
Fear of God enjoined, 1. 195. 
— Promised as the gift of God, Iv. 

196. 
— Promises to lt,lix. 197— -xx. 487. 
— Duties joined with it, Ivi. 196 

cliviii. 233. 
— Its usefulness in life, Iviii. 196. 
— Threats against those that fear not 

God, Ix'.i. 199. 
Fear of men, the security against lt> 

cxxxi. 221 
Feeds,— -Christ feeds thousands, Iv. 

124. 
Fellowslup with the wicked to be 

avoided, Ixxxix. 292. 



INDEX. 



4yr 



f ig--tree cursed, withers, Iv. 125. 

Fig-bting-s, xsxiii. 346. 

Fiithiness of sin, cvi. 296. 

Fing-er of God, denoting- his power, 

Ixiv. 16. 
First and last, God so called, xx. 5. 
Fishesja miraculous draui^ht oftiiem, 

Iv. 125. 
Flattery, clxxxii. 444. 
Following- God, cxliii. 227. 
Following Christ, cxliv. 227. 
FoliV and wickedness the same, "^xiv. 

369. 
Food promised, ccicv. 457. 
Food miraculously supplied, ccxxi. 

461. 
Fools described, xiv. to xxiii. 367. 
Forbearance of God, cxv. 43. 
Forbearing- one another. See Ixv. 357. 
Forgetting God, xlvl, 193. 
Forgiveness m God. See pardon of 

sin, cvi. 39. 
— Promised to believers, xxv. 187. 
Forgiveness promised to penitents, 

XV. 265. 
• — Prayed foi', cvli. 40. 
— Is of grace, cxxvi. 46. See mercy 

of God, c. 35. to cv. 39. 
Forgiveness in men, xlvii. 351. 
— Required in prayer, clxxi. 334. 
Forms of swearing, cxcii. 328, 
Fornication, cl. 426. 
Forsaking God, cxlv. 227. 
■ — God forsaketh the wicked,xxxii.S2. 
— God forsaketh not his people, xxx. 

81. 
—Forsaken of friends, Christ was so 

xxv. 118. 
Fortress, God is so to his people, 

Ixiii. 99. 
Fraud forbidden, civ. 430. 
Friendship, faithfulness therein, Ixiv. 

356. 
Frowardness, cxxi. 300. 
Fruitfulness In religion required, 

ixxvii. 473. 
—From whence it proceeds, Ixxx. 

110. 
Fulfilment of prophecy concerning 

Clu-ist, llo to 122. 
Fury ascr.bed to God against the 

wicked, clii. 56. 
Future punishments, xxlx. 489,-490 



Gall given to Christ, xxxii. 119. 
Garments of Christ parted, xxxir 
119, 



Gentleness toward men, Ixi. 356. 
Gestures in prayer, clxxviii. 237. 
Given, Clirist was so, and for what 

end, xxviii. 154. 
Glory of God, xxx. 7. 
— In favours to his people, xxxi. 8. 
Glory of Christ, i. 126. See his eter- 
nity, xiii. 144. 
Glorying of the righteous in God, 

cxvii. 211. 
Glorying of the wicked in sin, cxviii, 

211.— -liii. 379. 
Glorifying God, ccxxxiii. 256. 
— Christ glorihed God, ccxxxiv. 256. 
— How men glorify God, xxiii. 257, 
God, how known, i, 3.— iv. 176.--^v. 

154. 
God. Christ so called, iv. 133. 
Godliness, promises to it, i. 260.— 

XIX. 4S7. 
Goodness of God, xcviii. 33. 
God doth good, xcviii. 33. 
Goodness of God, matter of praise, 
. ccxv. 249. 

Goodness of Christ, xi. 144. 
Good man, his character, cxvi. 298. 
Good men, promises to them, cxvii. 

299. 
— Doing good in general, Ixxlx. 289. 
— Doing good to others, xxxvii. 347, 
Gospel of grace given, cxxix. 46. 
Government of God, i. 69. Cause of 

joy, cvi. 207. 
—Over the visible heavens and earth, 

l-xxii. 18. 
Government is of divine appointment, 

ci. 396. 
Governors, their duties, xcvii. 393. 
— The Spirit's influence over theiHj 

xiv. 171. 
— Their sins, cii. SD6. 
— Duties toward them, ex. 398, 
— Sins against them, cxiii, 399» 
Grace of God in man's salvation. 

cxxiii. 45. 
Grace prayed for, cxxxvii. 48. 
— Promised to believers, xxviii. 187- 
— Promised from Christ, xi. 148. 
Graciousness of God,cx;x. 44. 
Graciousness of Christ, cxxii. 45. 
Grass, herbs, trees, iic. created, xi, 

60. 
J Gratitude, Ixix. 359- 
Greatness of God, xxvi. 6. 
Grief of parents for children, kxx. 

388. 
Grief for sin, xx. 469. 
— At pr£3-er not being Iieard,c»cviJi. 



498 



INDEX. 



Grudg-ing" at others' fjrospcrity, jcxix. 

372. 
Guide, God is so, lix. 96. 



H, 



Habitation of God, holy, scvll. 32. 
Hand of God, denotiii^^ liis power, 

Ixiii. 16. 
Hard, nothing- Is so to God, Ixvi. 16. 
Harndess, xh. 349. 
Hated of God, tlie wicked are so, 

clvi. 56. 
Hated of men, Christ was so,xvi 116. 
•— Pi-omises totivise that are unjustly 

hated, X. 33 r. 
Haters, duties toward them, viii. 337. 
— Prayers against haters, ix. 337. 
Hating God, Ixxx.i. 203. 
Hating- Ctinst, ixxxiii. 204. 
Hatred toward men, vii. 336. 
Haug-htiness, xljx. 379. 
Health to be prayed for, clxxxiv. 238. 
Heart known to God, xxxvai. 11. — 

xl'i. 273. 
— Of the rig-hteous described, xxxlv. 

to 1 270. 
—Duties respecting- tl)e heart, xli. 

xlii. 272. 
■—Affected for sin, xxiv. 470. 
— Br>)ken, contrite, xxv. 470. xl, 272. 
— Ser\ing- G'kI with the, iiv. 276. 
—God's influences on tlse hearts of 

the r.t^-hteous, xiiii. 273. Ixui. 280. 



-Evil, xlvi. 



'5. 



—Of the wicked, SaLan's influence 
on it, xlv. 275. 

—God's judg-ments on it, xllv 274. 

Heaven and earth, the creation 
thereof, ii. 57. 

— The dissolution thereof, vi. 483. 

—Holy, xcvii, 32. 

-—The liappiness of the rig-hteous in 
it, vii. 484. 

Heaviness and grief for sin, xix. 469. 

Heirs, Christians are so, viii. 484. 

Help from God promised, Ixiv. 100. 

' — Jause of joy, cii. 207. 

Hell. See future punishments, 489, 
490. 

— Help from creatin-es vain, Ixv. 103. 

Hill of God, holy, xcvii. 32. 

Holy Ghost, his intiuences and opera- 
tions upon the creatures, 1G2 to 171. 

— Promised to believers, Ivi. 121. — 
xxvi. 187. 

— Rejoicing- in him, xcvi. 206. 

Holiness of God, xciv. to xcvj. 31. 

Holiness of Christ, viii. 143, 



HMiness of ang-els, xix. IG. 
Hvjliiicss m men, God honjurcd by 

it, ccixxxviii. 255. 
— Direclions for attaining it, xxiv. 

268. 
Holiness in ministers of Christ, 

cxxiii. 407. 
Honour due to God, ccxxvl. 255. 
— How pcrfbrnicii, ccxxvii. tu ccx::x. 

255. 
— Due ti) Chi'ist, ccxxxi. 256. 
— Due to mag-istrates, c.^i. 399. 
— Due to pai-eats, xci. 390. 
— Due to one anotiier, xxx. 344. 
Hope in God and Christ, c.\xi. 212- 
— Through grace, cxxxiv. 48. 
— Promises to it, xcii. 205, 
Hope of the wickea perisheth, cxxii. 

2 15. 
Hospitality, clxiii. 434. 
House ot God, holy, xcvii. 32. 
Humbled saints, their expressions, 

\\. '.175. ' 
Humiiity toward God, xxxiv. 372. 

— i oward men, xxxv. 372. 
Humility of ministers, cxxiv. 410. 
— Examples of it, xxxviii. 375." 
Hiinulity in prayer, cixx. 233. 

— Promises to it, xxxvi. 374. See. 

pi-ide, xli. 377. 
Husbands, their duties, Ixiv. 383. 
Hxpocris}, xxx, 269. 
— iVlaiks'of It, xxxi. 269, 
H\pvjcrites known to God, xlvii. 13. 

— Their prayer not accepted, cciv. 
244. 



I. 



Idleness, vii. 363. 

Idolatr}', cxxxvi. 314. 

— I'hre'ats against it, 314,321, 322. 

jealousy of God, for his people, chx. 

56. 
— Against his enemies, clix. 56. 
Jesus Christ, prophecies concerning 

liim, i. 112. 
— His mirucles, xlix. 122. 
— His Glory, i. 126. 

— His exaltation, iv. 127. 
—His titles, i. 128. vii. 153. 
— His works, i. 135. 

— His worshiip, i. 139. 
— His perfections, i. 140. 
— His benefits, i. 144. 
Ignorance of God, vii. 178. 
Imiiges forbidden, 313. 320. 

— With threatenings, xlvi, i. 318. 



INDEX. 



499 



Images arc no representations of 

God, 320. 
Immortality of God, xxi. 5. 
Impenitent known to God, xlvi. iS. 

See XV 467, 
Importunity in prayer, clxxiii. 237. 
Incarnation of Christ, iii. 113. 
Inchant-rs, clviii. 323. 
Inconsideration, xiv. 167. 
Incorruptible God, xxii. 5. 
Indignation ascribed to God, cli. 55. 
Industry, vi. 362. 

Influences of God's Spirit,162 to 171. 
—In prayer, 232. 

In praise, ccxi. 246. 

Ingratitude, Ixx. 359. 
Inheritance of Christians, vili. 484. 
Iniquity forbidden, cxxxiii. 311. 
— Threats against, the workers of it, 

311. 
Iniquity is not in God, Ixxxv. 29. 
Injustice not in God, Ixxxv. 28. 
Instruction from God, Iv. 95 

From ministers, cxxxviii. 421, 

Not receiving it from ministers, 

cxlii. 423. 

Giving and receiving it, li. 353. 

—■ — Refusing it, Iii. 354. 
— Fools refuse it, kv. 367. 
Instruction to be given to children, 

Ixix. 384. 
Integrity, xx. 267. 
Intemperance in meat and drink, ii. 

360. See drunkenness, 361. 
——In magistrates, iv. 396. 
——In ministers, cxxxv. 418. 
Intercession of Christ, vii. 147. 
Intreaties that prayer may be heard, 

240. 
Intruders into the ministerial office, 

cxviii. 403. 
Invisible God, xv. 4. 
Joy in God, Ixxxvi. 204. 

Through Christ, Ixxxvii. 205. 

• — —In God promised, xciv. 205. 
Joy and comfort promised to believ- 
ers, xxix. 188. 
Joy in heaven, xii. 486. 
Judge of the world, God, iii. 70- — 

ii. 480. 
Judge at the last day, Christ, iv. 135. 
Judging one. another forbidden, Ixvi. 

358. 
Judgment, future, i, 480. 
—The time of it, iv. 481. 
— The persons to" be judged, iii 481. 
— Employment of Angels at it, xxvii. 

64. 



—Uses of the doctrine of it, v. 481. 
Judgments of God are right, Ixxsiii. 

28. 
— Have been inflicted by angels, 

xxiv. 63. 
— Threatened, occasioned fasting", 

clx. 231 
Just, promises to them, cxiii. 297. 
Justice of God, Ixxxiv. 28. 
—Of Christ, ix. 143. 
— Of magistrates, xcvii. 393. 
Justification fi-om God, xvii. 78. 
— Not by works of the law, xviii. 78. 
— Is of grace cxxv. 46. 
— Is free, and by grace through 

Christ, xix. 78. 
—Is by Christ, xii. 148. 
— Is promised to faith in God, xx. 

186. 
— Is promised to faith in Christ, xxi. 

186. 

K. 

Keep, God doth keep his people^ 

Ixiv. 106 
Kindness of God,cxvi. 43. 
Kindness prayed for, cxvii. 43. 
— Thanks for it, cxviii. 44. 
Kindness in men, Ixii. 356. 
King, God is so, i. 69. 
— Christ is so, xxxv. 157. 
Kings, see magistrates, 393 to 400. 
Kings, disobeying them sinful, cxiii. 

399. 
—When not sinful, cxiv. 400. — cliii. 

321. 
Kingdom of heaven, who shall not 

enter into it, xxvii. 488. 
. Who shall enter into it, vii. viii. 

484. 
Knowing God and Christ, a duty, 

i. 176. 
— Not knowing God, a sin, vii. 178. 
— How God is made known, iv. 176. 

— i. 3. 
Knowledge, God's is perfect,xxxii.9. 
— Things which God alone know- 

eth, xxxv. 9. 
— God knoweth bis people, xii. 11. 
— He knoweth the wicked, xliv. 13. 
— Sins agahist this attribute of God^ 

liii. 14. 
Knowledge, Christ's, i. 140. 



S s s 



500 



INDEX. 



L. 



Labour, a duty, vi. 362. 

Lame cured by Christ, liii. 124. 

Lands, the law thereof, clvi. 430. 

Law of God, holy, xcvii. 32. 

— To be esteemed and obeyed, Ixi. 

280. 
■ — Is a means of conversion, ix, 466. 
Law-giver, God is so, ii. 70. 
Leader, God is so, Ivii. 96. 
—Christ is so, Iviii. 96. 
Lending-, the law thereof, clvii. 432. 
Leprosy, cured by Christ, liii. 124. 
Liars, clxxvii. 440. 
Life of man, short, i. 474. 
—The term of it, ii. iil. 474. 
Life eternal, the gift of God thro' 

Christ, xvi. 150. 
— Is from and by Christ, xv. 149. 
Life, Christ .so called, xiv. 149. 
Light, the works and children there- 
of, Ixxxvi. 291. 
Light of the world, Christ, xxv. 154. 

-—V. 177. 
Light and direction promised, xxvii. 

187. 
Likeness, none of God, xi. 4. 
Living God, xii. 4. 
Loathed of God, who, cxv. 56. 
Loathing qf self, because of sin, 

XXX. 471. 
I^oftiness in man, xlviii. 379, 
Longing for God, Ixxxv. 204. 
Long-suflering of God, cxiv. 42. 
— Of men, see Ixvi. 257 » 358. 
Looking to God, xliv. 19|3. 
Lord, Christ so called, v. 130. 
Love, God's to Christ, Ixxvili. 203. 
— God's love to believers, in Christ, 

xxiii. 187. 
■ — God's love to his people, cause of 

joy, c. 207. 
Love to God, Ixvi. 201.— xxi. 487. 
— How produced, Ixxi. 202. 
—How evidenced, Ixxi v. 202. 
'^Prayer to be made with it, clxvii. 

233. 
Love, Christ's to his church, xviii. 

151.— hxx. 203 
-r-The church's love to Christ, Ixxix. 

203. 
»— Love to Christ, how enforced, 

Ixxv. Ixxvi. Ixxvii. 202. 
— How evidenced, Ixxxi. 203. 
Love to mankind, i. 333. 
— ^To ministers of Christ,cxxxix.422. 
I^usts of the flesh, xci. 293. 



Lukewarmness, see vraht of zeal 

xvi. 265. 
Lying, clxxiv. 440. 

M. 

Magicians, clvii. 323. 

Magistrates, 393 to 400. 

— Their qualifications, xcvlii. 394 

— Their duties, xcvii. 393. 

—Their sins, cii. 396. 

— Their concern with religion, 394, 

— Good ones promised, x. 395. 

— Evil ones threatened to be given as 

a punishment, cvi. 397. 
—Evil ones enemies to religion, 397< 
— Enemies to civil interest, cv. 397. 
Magnifying ones self, lii. 379. 
Majesty of God, xxix. 7. 
Malice, xiv. 394. 
Man, his creation, xii. 60. 
— His coadition after his creation, 

xiv. 60. 
— His fall into sin, xv. 61. 
Mansions in heaven, x. 485. 
Marks and evidences offaith,xiv. 181 . 
Marriage, Ivii. 381. 
— Into religious families, Ixxiii. 385. 
— With heathens, forbidden, lxi.383. 
Masters, their duties, xcv. 391. 
Means of conversion, x. 466, 
—Of faith, xviii. xix. 184. 
—Of godliness, iii. 260. 
— Of perfection, xxvii. 268. 
— Of salvation, xlvii. 92 
Meat and drink, temperance there- 
in, i. 360. 
Mediator, Christ, vi. 145. 
Meditation upon God and his word,^ 

xlix. 194. 
Meek, they rejoice in God, Ixxxix. 

205. 
Meek, promises to them, xxx 372. 
Mercy of God, c. 35. 
—Promised, cl. 36. ' 
— To whom promised, cii. 37. 
— Prayed for, ciii. 37. 
— Acknowledged, civ. 38. 
— Cause of joy, ci. 207. 
— Cause of praise, ccxv. 249. 
— Cause of thanks, cv. 39. 
Mercy in men, xliii. 349. 
Might, ascribed to God, lix. 15. 
Mind of man influenced by God's 

Spirit, ii. 162. 
Mind of Christ, was influenced by it, 

iv. 163. 
Ministerial abilities, of grace given; 

cxxxi. 47- 



1 N D E Xr 



501 



Mihisters, their duties, cxv, 400. 
*— They are means of conversion,466. 
— — Of faith, xix. 184. 

Of perfection, xxvii. 268. 

■■ ■ Of salvation, xxvii . 268. 
-^Good ones promised, cxxi. 407. 
— Promises to them, cxxii. 407. 
— Wicked ones,threats against them, 

416. 
— Duties towards them, 421> 
— Sins against them, 423. 
Miracles recorded in the Old Testa- 
ment, God's power therein, Ixxviiii 

22. 
—The design thereof, iii. 22.--'Vi. 24 

viii, ix, X. 26. 
Miracles, the evidence thereof ap- 
pealed to by Christ, xlix. l52. 
Miracles attending the birth ofChristj 

123. 
— Wrought by Christ, ix. 114. 
— Wrought by the influence of the 

Spirit, vi. 146. 
-^Attending the death of Christ, 

125. 
Miracles of the apostles, 125 & 190. 
Miracles wrought by prayer, cxcix. 

240. 
— Wrought for persons of eminent 

faith, xxxvii. 190. 
Miraculous gifts of the Spirit,xii.l67. 
Mischief, doing it, xl. 348. 
Mischievous, fools are so, xviii. 368. 
Money in a fish*s mouth, Iv. 125. 
Money, Christ was sold for it, xxi. 

117. 
Mortification, promises to it, xxii. 

487. 
Mothers, God's care of them, Ixxviii. 

387. 
Motives to prayer, cxcii. to cxcviii, 

239. 
Mountain of God, holy, xcvii. 32. 
Mourning for sin, xvii 468. 
Murder forbidden, cxliv. 424. 
Murderers known to God, Iii, 14. 
— Threats against them, cxlvi. 425, 
Murmuring, xxviii. 372. 



N. 

Name of God is holy, jccvii. 32. 
!iName of Christ, prayer to be made 

in it, clxiv. 232. 
New creatures, christians, Ixxvii. 

109. 
=— Their duty as such, Ixxviii. 110. 
North and south created, ri. 58. 



o. 

Oath, the nature and duty thereof^ 

clxxv. 225. 
Obedience to God, lix. to Ixvli. 279. 

—XV. 4H6. 
— Must accompany prayer, clxix.233. 
—Thanks for it, ccxix. 251. 
Obedience to Christ, Ixix. 285. 
-^Is an evidence of love to him, Ixxxi. 

203. 
Obedience to parents, xci. 390. 
—To magistrates, 399. 
—To ministers, cxxxviii. 421. 
Oblation of Christ, vii. 164. 
Observers of times, clx. 323. 
Offences forbidden, xxxv. 346. 
Offices of Christ, as prophet, l52. 

Priest, 154. 

King, 157. 

One with the Father, Christ, vi. 133, 
Operations of the Spirit, 126 to 171. 
Oppression forbidden, clviii. 432. 
— Deliverance from it, Ixvii. 102* 
Oppressors,threats against them,432. 
Oppressed, promises to them, 433. 
Oracle of God, holy, xcvii. 33. 
Ordination of God, viii. 71. 
Overcome, promises to such, xl: 6S 

— Ixxi. 286.— XXV. 488. 



Pain, freedom from it In heaven, adii. 

486, 
Palsy cured by Christ, liii. 124. 
Pardon of sin, cvi. 39. 
— Promised to faith, xxvi. 187. 
To repentance, xv. 265. 



— Is of grace, cxxvi. 46. 
— Prayed for, cvii. 40. 
Parents, their duties, Ixvi. 384. 
— Duties toward them, xci. 390. 
—A fool's conduct towards them, 

xvii. 368. 
— Wicked parents cursed, Ixxxii 

388. 
— Godly parents blessed, Ixxxi. 388 
Partiality forbidden, cii. 396. 
Patience toward God, xxv. 370. 
— Towards men, xxvi. 371. 
Patience in God, see compassion, 41,. 
Peace with God, xxvii. 343. 
—Thro' Christ, x. 148. 
— Promised to believers, xxviii^ 187. 
—Promised to the church of Qod, 

xxviii. 3.43. 



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INDEX. 



Peace with men, xxlii. xxv. xxvi 

341. 
People of God, holy, xcvii. 33. 
— Known to him, xU. 11. 
Perfections of God, ii. 3. 
—Of Christ, i. to xiii. 140. 
— Required in men, xxiii. 267. 
Persecution of Christ, xix. 116. 
—Of Christians, xlviii. 122. 
Perseverance, promises to it, xxiv. 

488. 
Perseverance in faith, xiii. 180. 
Perverseness, 300. 
Pity ascribed to men, xlv. 350. 
—To God, xii. 42. 
— Persons that God will not pity, 

xiii. 42. 
Place of God, holy, xcvii. 31. 
Planter, God is so to his people, 

Ixxix. 110. 
Pleasures of fools, xxii. 369. 
Pollution of sin, cv. 296. 
Poor, promises to them, clxix. 436. 
— God will deliver them, Ixix. 104. 
— Their prayer heard, clxxxv. 238. 
— Duties towards them, cvii. 436. 
—Charity to them, is honouring God, 

256. 
Portions to children, Ixxi v. 386. 
Possible, all things so to God, Ixvii. 

16. 
Power of God, Iviii. 15. 
— In creation, Ixxi. 17. 
— In government, Ixxii. 18. 
— Toward his church, Ixxiii. 18. 
— Toward the righteous, Ixxiv. 19. 
— In spiritual blessings, Ixxv. 19. 
— Against the wicked, Ixxvi. 19. 
— Sins and duties respecting God's 

power, Ixxvii. 21. 
Power of Christ, iii. 141. 
— To ward his church, iv. 142. 
— Against his enemies, v. 142. 
—Committed to the Apostles, cxvi. 

402. 
Praise due to God, and required, 

ccvi. 246, 
—Subjects of it, 249 to 253. 
— Divine influence therein, ccxi. 246. 
— Must be frequent, ccix. 246. 
— Must be sincere, ccix. 246. 
— God is honoured by it, ccxxvii. 255. 
— Is glorified by it, ccxxxv. 256. 
Praise offered by the righteous, ac- 
ceptable, 449. 
— By the wicked is unacceptable, 246. 
Prayer, the Lord's, a good model, 

clxxx. 237. 
—Promises that it shall be heai'd,390. 



— Persons, whose prayer shall be 

heard, 232. 
— Access to God in it promised, 188. 
— Through grace, cxxxv. 48. 
—In the name of Christ, 232. 
— With assistance of the Spirit, 232. 
— With duties toward God andman^ 

233. 
—Public, 235. 
— Privat^ clxxv. 235. 
— Intercessory, for whom, 238. 
— Ofparent^br children, Ixviii. 384. 
— Subjects for governors, ex. 398. 
— Governors for subjects, xcix. 394. 
— People for ministers, cxl. 422. 
— Ministers for people, cxxxi. 414. 
— For what we ought to pray, 237. 
Prayerless persons, ccxxxvii. 243. 
Preacher, Christ one, xii. 115. 
Preaching, its good effects, cxx. 407. 
Precepts of God, righteous, 28. 
—Holy, 33. 
Predestination, xi. 72. 
Presence of God, every where, xxv. 6. 
— With his people, xxix 81. 
— This, a cause of joy, xcix. 206. 
Presence of Christ with his people, 

152. 
Present with Christ, xi. 485. 
Preserver, God is so, Ixxv. 108. 
Precious, Christ is so, xxx. 188. 
Price, Christ is, 147. 
Pride against God, xii. 377. 
— Against men, xiii. 377. 
— Spiritual pride, xliii. 377. 
Priest, Christ so called, 154. 
Prince, Christ so called, 157. 
Procession of the Holy Ghost, xv. 171. 
Promises of God holy, xcvii. 32. 
Profaning the name of God, 324. 
Prophecy concerning Christ, 112. 
Phrophet, Christ, xi. 115. — ^xxii. xxiii. 

xxiv. 152. 
Prophets directed by the Spirit, ii. 

162. 
— Were holy, xcvii. S3 
—•Delivered from enemies, Ixx. 104. 
Prophets, false ones, 324. 
Propitiation, Christ, xxxiii. 156. 
Prosperity and adversity in God's 

hand, 16. 
— From God, cause of joy, ex. 208, 
Proud described, xii. 377. 
— They are known to God, xlv. 13. 
— Threats and prayers against them, 

378, 381. 
Provide for Children, Ixvi. 384. 
Providence towards kings, 398. 



INDEX. 



50S 



Punishments, God righteous in in- 
flicting them, Ixxx. 28. 
—Will be inflicted by Christ, vii. 137. 
—Inflicted by angels, xxiv. xxvii. 63. 
— Future, xxvii. 488. 
Purge, God doth,xxvi. 80. Our duty. 
Purify, God doth, xxvii. 80. Our duty. 
Purity of God, xciii. 31. 
—Of heart, 271. 

Q. 

Qiialifications of magistrates, 394, 
— Of ministers, 407. 
Quarrels, 346. 

R. 

Railing, 447. 
Raiment promised, 461. 
Ransom, Christ, 147. 
Rebellion against God, 302. 
— Against magistrates, 399. 
— Against ministers,cxlii. 423. 
Rebuke one another, 354. 
Reconciliation by Christ, 147. 
Redemption by Christ, ii. 146. 
— The wisdom of God in it, Ivi. 15. 
— Promised to God's people, 93. 
Refine, God doth, xxviii. 81. 
Refuge, God is, Ixiii. 99. 
Rejoicing in God, Ixxxvi. 204, 
— In things of God, xcv. 205. 
—Through Christ, Ixxxvii. 205. 
— In Christ, xciii. 205. 
— To whom promised, Ixxxviii. 205. 
Relying upon God, 218 
Remembering God, 193. 
Repentance preached, i. 461. 
—Enforced by threats, xv. 467. 
—Enforced by promises, iii. 462.— 

xxvi. 488. 
— Promised, xi. 466. 
— Cause and means, God, vii. 465. 

Christ, viii. 466. 

— God's law, ix. 466. 

The ministry, x, 466. 

Reproach, 445. 

— Cast on Christ, xvii. 116. 

Reprove one another, 355. 

Resignation to God, cxxvii. 217. 

Resolution to obey God, Ixii. 280. 

Restitution, 432. 

Resurrection of Christ foretold,120. 

— Evidences of it, xli. 120. 

— How effected, xliii. 121. — viii. 164. 

Resurrection of the dead, x. 478. 

—By Christ, ix. 147. 

Retunuiig to God, 462, 464, 



Revelations of God's will by angels, 

62. 
Revenge, xlviii. 352. 
Revilings, 447. 
Revolting from God, 301. 
Rewards, God righteous therein, 28. 
— According to works, 286, 
— Dispensed by Christ, v. 136. 

To the righteous, vi. 136. 

Rich, their duties, 434. 

— Their sins, 454. 

Riches their disadvantages, 452. 

— Their advantages, 453, 456. 

— Promised, 457. 

— Ministers seek them not, 411. 

— Spiritual, only to be sought, 460. 

Righteous, promises to them, 262. 

Righteous, life promised to them, 

xvi. 487. 
— Their happiness in heaven, 484. 
— Their joy in God, Ixxxviii. 205. 
— God's power toward them, xix. 18. 
— Christ's power toward them, 142. 
Righteousness required, 261. 
Righteousness of God, Ixxix. 27. 
—Of Christ, vi. 142. 
Robbery forbidden, 430. 
Rock, the power of God, Ixv. 16. 

Ixiii. 99. 
Ruler, God is so, i. 69. 
—Christ is so, 157. 
Rulers, their duties, xcvii. 393. 
—Their sins, cii. 396. 



Sabbath, 329 to 333. 

Sacraments, or baptism and the sup- 
per, 158. 

Sacrifice of Christ, 154 and 164. 

Safety is from God, 99. 

Salvation from God, xliii. 88. 

—By Christ, i. 144. 

— To whom promised, xliv. 90. 

—To faith in Christ, 188. 

— Through grace, cxxxvi. 48. — xlv, 
92. 

— Means of it, xlv. 92. 

— Prayed for, xliv. 90. 

Sanctification, 79. 

—Through faith, 188. 

—Through and by Christ, 149. 

— The Spirit's work therein, 167. 

Sanctifying God, 259. 

Satan'sinfluences on tlie hearts of the 
wicked, 275. 

Satisfy, God doth, 210. 

Saviour, God, 88. 

—Christ, 144. 



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INDEX. 



Scorning", 379. 

Scriptures, holy, 33. 

— Written under the influence of the 

Spirit, 166. 
— Are means of faith, 184 
— Of sanctification, xxiii. 79. 
—Of perfection, 268. 
—Of salvation, 92. 
Sea created, 58. 

Secret things known to God, xxxv. 9. 
Seeking God, 223. 
—Promises to it, 224, 487. 
—Not seeking God, 225. 
Servants of God, promises to them, 

277—105. 
—Serving God, liii. to Iviii. 277. 
Servants, their duties, 392. 
Shame for sin, xxvi. 471. 
Shield, God so called, Ixiii. 99. 
Shortness of life, 474. 
Sickness deliverance from it, 102. 
—To be prayed for, 238. 
—Cured by Christ, 124. 
Sin, its entrance into the world, xvi. 

61. 
—Called corruption, 294. Defile- 
ment, 295. Uncleanness, 295. 
Pollution, 296. Filthiness, 296. 
Vileness, 296. Abominableness, 
297. Perverseness, 300. 
— Benefits of Christ against it, 151. 
Sinners, threats against them, 308. 
Sincerity, 267.— In heart, 270.— In 
prayer, 233. — In praise, 246. 

Singing God's praise, 248. 

Single heart, 271. 

Sitting at God's right hand, Christ, 
121. 

Slander, 445. 

Sleep, temperance therein, 362. 

Sloth, see sluggard, vii. 363. 

Slothfulness in ministers, 418. 

Son of God, Christ, 128. 

Sons of God, see adoption, 46. 

Soothsayers, 329. 

Sorrows of God's people known to 
him, xliii. 12. 

— None in heaven, xiii. 486. 

Sorrow for sin, xvi. 468, 

Speaking evil, clxxx. 443. 

Spirit of God, holy, xcvii. 33. 

Sanctifieth or maketh holv, 79. 

—See Holy Ghost, 162 to 171. 

Spirit of grace, cxxi. 45. 

Was upon Clu-ist, x 115. — iii. 163. 

Spirits, familial', 324. , 

Spiritual riches to be sought, 460. 

Spiritual things to be prayed for, 237. 

SDiritualitv of God, xiv. 4. 



Spiritually minded, xvil. 487. 
Statutes of God, righteous, lxxxiii.28] 
Stedfastness in faith, xiii. 180. 
Strange gods, 314. 
— Are vanity, 317. 
— Worshippers thereof punished, 317 
Strangers, duties toward them, 437. 
— Promises to them, 439. 
Strength of God, 180. 
— God giveth strength, 96. 
— Tills cause of joy, 207. 
Striking, the law thereof, 425. 
Strife, Xxxii. 345. 
Strong in faith, xiii. 180. 
Stubbornness, cxxiii. 301. 
Subjection to Christ, vi. 128. 
Submission and resignation to God, 

217. 
— Prayer to be made with it, 237. 
— Sufferings of Christ, xiv. 115. 
— The benefits thereof, 154. 
Sufferings of Christ's servants, 412. 
— Their supports therein, 415. 
— Promises to them, 488. 
Summer and winter created, v. 58. 
Sun, moon and stars created, iii. 58. 
Supper, Lord's, its institution, 160. 
— Preparation for it, v. 160. 
Supports of life promised, ccxvii. 457. 
— Miraculously supplied, 461. 
Supporting ministers, 422. 
— Not supporting them, 424. 
Swearing lawfully, clxxv. 325, 
— Sinfully, clxviii. 324. 



Tale -bearing, 444. 

Talkativeness, 143. 

Teacher, God is, 95. 

—Holy Ghost, 95. 

—Christ, xii. 115. 

— Ministers, 403. 

Tears for sin, 470. 

— With prayer, 235. 

Temperance, i. 360. 

— In ministers of Christ, 415 

Temple, heavenly, 485. 

Terribleness of God, 56. 

Testimonies of God are righteous, 

28. Faithful, 30. 
Thanks due to God, 245. 
—To be offered through Christ, 247. 
— For what to be offered, 249, &c. 
Theft, 430. 

Thirsting for God, 204. 
Threats, God's faithfulness therei?,. 

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INDEX. 



505 



Throne of God, dominion, i. 69. 

— Is holy, xcvii. 32. 

— Of grace, 45. 

Titles of Christ, 128.— xxi. 152. 

Transgressors, threats agamst them, 

310. 
Treatment for fools, 369. 
Trinity, 173 to 176. 
Trouble, prayer in it, 242. 
— Deliverance from it, 253. 
Trusting in God and Christ, 218. 
-—Joy promised to it, xci. 205. 
True God, xiii. 4. 
Truth of God, Ixxxv. 28. 
Things of God called truth, Ixxxvii. 

28. 
Truth of Christ, x. 144. 
Truth, speaking it, 440. 
Turning to God, vi. 464. 

u. 

Unbelief, see want of faith, 190. 
Unchangeableness of God, xxi v. 6. 
Uncharitableness toward the poor, 

437. 
—Known to God, xlviii. 13. 
Uncleanness of sin, 295. 
Ungodly, threats against them, 261 . 
Unity of God, iii. 3. 
—Of Christ with God, vi. 133. 
—Among men, 344. 
Unjust, threats against them, 298. 
Unmerciful, 350. 
Unrighteous, threats, 265. 
Unsearchableness of God, xvi. 4. 
Unthankfulness, 246. 
Uphold, God doth, 98. 
Upright, xvii. 266. 
—In heart, 271. 
Usury, 434. 

V. 

Vengeance of God, 56. 

— Upon the wicked, cause of joy to 

God*s people, 207. 
Vileness of sin, 296. 
Vows, 329. 

w. 

Waiting upon God, 216. 

— Not waiting, 217. 

Wander from God, 228. 

Want of children, 389. 

Wants of God's people known to him, 

12. 
Warn one another, 354. 
Wash, God doth, 79. Our duty. 



Ways of God right, Ixxsiii. 28. 
Ways of man's heart, 301. 
Weeping for sin, xxii. 469. 
Whispering, 445. 
Whoredom, natural and spirituai, 

known to God, li. 14. 
Wicked, their sins known to God, 

xliv. 13. 
— God's threatenings against them, 

303. 
—They glorify net God, 259. 
— God glorified in their destruction, 

259. 
— God's power against them, Ixxvi; 

19. 
— Their prayer not heard, 244. 
— Their praise not acceptable, 246. 
Will of God, vi. 71. 
— Revealed, is matter of praise, 251. 
Wisdom of God, liv. 14. 
— In creation, Iv. 14. 
— In redemption, Ivi. 15. 
— Man's wisdom nothing compared. 

to God's, Ivii. 15. 
Wisdom of Christ, ii. 141. 
Wisdom, its excellency, ix. 364. 
Wisdom and religion the same, 366. 
— The study of it recommended,364. 
—Is the gift of God, 365. 
—Prayed for, 237—366. 
— Promises to it, xxvii. 488. 
Wisdom vainly pretended to by fools, 

367. 
— Being proud of it, 377- 
Witches, 323. 
Witness bearing, 439. 
Wives their duties, 383. 
Wizards, 323. 
Wonderful doings, God's power 

therein, 16. 
Word of God right, Ixxxiii. 28. 
—Faithful, 30. 
— A mean of faith, 184. — Of sanctifi- 

cation, 79. — Of salvation, 92. 
Words of prayer, 236. 
Words of the righteous, cxcvi. 448. 
-iOf the wicked, 440. 
—Of fools, 368. 

Works, God's, matter of praise, 252. 
Works of Christ, 135. 
Works of God's people known to 

him, 12. 
Works of the wicked known, 14. 
Works, rewards according to them, 

Ixxiii. 286. 
Works, good, commanded, 287. 
— God is glorified by t])em, 25T. 
Works of the Devil, 292. 
—Of the flesh, 292. 



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INDEX, 



—Of darkness, 291. 

Worship of God, 229. 

—Of Christ, 139. 

—Of the Holy Ghost, 176. 

— Ofi'ered by angels, xxviii. xxix. 

65. 
Worship not due to angels, 65.— 

233. 
Worship, God honoured by it, 255. 
—What kind acceptable, 229. 
—What kind unacceptable, 230. 
—Rejoicing in it, 206. 
Worship, public, see prayer, 235. 
See praise, 247. 



—Private, 235. 

Wounding, maiming, 425. 

Wrath of God against the wicked, 
55. 

—Prayers and promises to be deli- 
vered from it, 55. 

Wrath in men forbidden, 340. 

Wrathful, fools are so, 368. 



Zeal in God, 57, 
—In men, 265. 



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